1. (

• change_by_reversal ,
• turn ,
• reverse

) change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" ;

2. (

• turn_back ,
• invert ,
• reverse ,

) turn inside out or upside down ;

3. (

• overrule ,
• overturn ,
• override ,
• overthrow ,
• reverse

) rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill" ;

4. (

• revoke ,
• annul ,
• lift ,
• countermand ,
• reverse ,
• repeal ,
• overturn ,
• rescind ,
• vacate

) cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" ;

5. (

• invert ,
• reverse ,

) reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of; "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb" ;

1. (

• reversed

) turned inside out and resewn; "the reversed collar looked as good as new" ;

2. (

• converse ,
• reversed ,
• transposed

) turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters" ;