2. daydream,
Psychol, fantasy, flight of fancy, distraction, castles in Spain, castles in the air; trance, daze, dreamland; Inf. pipe dream, castle-building, abstraction. reversal, n. 1. revocation, revokement, repeal, annulment, nullification, voidance, cancellation; dissolution, abrogation, abolition, abolishment; rescission, counterorder; Law. overthrow, overturn, upset, rejection.
2. retraction, retractation, withdrawal, recantation, palinode, abjuration; repudiation, renunciation, defection, bolting, going over, apostasy.
3. turnabout, turnaround, about-face, rightabout, volte-face, Literature, peripeteia; switch, SI. swit-cheroo, Inf. flip-flop, Inf a 180°; backtracking, back-pedaling; change of heart, second thought, Inf. a different tune or song; tergiversation.
4. See reverse (def. 5). reverse, adj. 1. opposite, contrary, counter, contrasting, polar, antipodal; converse, inverse; antithetic, antithetical, oppositive, adversative.
2. backward, reversed, mirror; inverted, inversed, upside-down, topsy-turvy; transposed, interchanged, turned around, vice versa; palindromical; Rhet. hyperbaric.
-n. 3. opposite, contrary, other side of the coin, inverse, converse; counterpart, vis-^-vis; pole, an-tipode, antithesis; Print, verso.
4. back, rear, tail; other side, flip side; extremity, terminus.
5. reversal, upset, check, setback, comedown, fiasco, fizzle, washout, Inf no go, nonsuccess; defeat, repulse, rebuff, rout, beating, overthrow, collapse, downfall, undoing, deathblow.
6. misfortune, mishap, mischance, misadventure, accident, rainy day, humiliation, contretemps; blow, buffet, trouble, blight, curse, harm, hard times; affliction, adversity, trial, ordeal, hardship, visitation, sorrow, scourge, infliction; tragedy, casualty, disaster, calamity, catastrophe.
-v. 7. transpose, invert, turn around or inside out or upside down or topsy-turvy; upset, overturn, tip over, capsize, turn turtle, Fr. bouleverser, subvert, undermine, overthrow, upend, unmake, undo, topple, turn the tables; introvert, invaginate, intussuscept.
8. back, back up, backtrack; back down, renege, retract, withdraw, take back, Inf. flip-flop, backpedal, recant, renounce, forswear, abjure; repudiate, disclaim, disavow, deny, contradict, gainsay; Inf. do an about-face, Inf. do a 180°, Inf change one's tune, Inf. sing a different tune, Inf. shift gears.
9. revoke, annul, disannul, nullify, void, declare null and void, set aside, vacate, recall; abrogate, invalidate, cancel, negate, quash; override, overrule, countermand, counterorder; rescind, repeal, veto, Law. disaffirm. reversion, n. 1. reversing, turning back, inversion; return, ebb, reflux; reaction, retroaction, repercussion, reverberation; recoil, reflex, rebound, boomerang, backlash, ricochet; retrospection.