Reversal
noun
1.
an act or instance of reversing.
2.
the state of being reversed.
3.
an adverse change of fortune; reverse.
4.
Law. the setting aside of a decision of a lower court by a higher court.
noun
1.
the act or an instance of reversing
2.
a change for the worse; reverse: a reversal of fortune
3.
the state of being reversed
4.
the annulment of a judicial decision, esp by an appeal court on grounds of error or irregularity
reversal re·ver·sal (rĭ-vûr’səl)
n.
A change to an opposite condition, direction, or position.
A condition in which an individual has difficulty distinguishing the lowercase printed or written characters of particular letters: p from q; g or b from d; or s from z.
The change of an emotion into its opposite, as from love into hate.
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