N. reversion, return,
revulsion, turning point, turn of the tide, status quo ante bellum, calm before a storm,
alternation, inversion,
recoil, retreat,
regression,
retrogression, restoration,
relapse, recidivism,
atavism, vicinism, v,
revert, turn back,
regress,
relapse,
recoil, retreat, restore,
undo, unmake, turn the tide, roll back the tide, turn the scale, tip the scale
Adv. a rebours
N. revolution,
bouleversement,
subversion, break up, destruction, sudden change, radical change, sweeping organic change, change of state, phase change, quantum leap, quantum jump, clean sweep, coup d'etat, counter revolution,
jump,
leap,
plunge,
jerk, start, transilience|,
explosion,
spasm,
convulsion,
throe,
revulsion, storm,
earthquake,
cataclysm,
legerdemain V. revolutionize, new model, remodel, recast, strike out something new, break with the past, change the face of, unsex
Adj. unrecognizable, revolutionary
N. inversion,
eversion,
subversion, reversion,
retroversion,
introversion,
contraposition,
contrariety,
reversal, turn of the tide, overturn,
somersault,
somerset,
summerset, culbute,
revulsion,
pirouette,
transposition,
transposal, anastrophy,
metastasis,
hyperbaton,
anastrophe,
hysteron proteron,
hypallage,
synchysis,
tmesis,
parenthesis,
metathesis,
palindrome, pronation and supination
V. be inverted &c, turn round, turn about, turn to the right about, go round, go about, go to the right about, wheel round, wheel about, wheel to the right about, turn over, go over, tilt over, topple over,
capsize, turn turtle,
invert,
subvert,
retrovert,
introvert, reverse, up turn, over turn, up set, over set, turn topsy turvy, culbuter,
transpose, put the cart before the horse, turn the tables
Adj. inverted, wrong side out, wrong side up, inside out, upside down, bottom upwards, keel upwards,
supine, on one's head, topsy- turvy, sens dessus dessous, inverse, reverse, opposite, top heavy
Adv. inversely, hirdy-girdy, heels over head, head over heels
N. recoil, reaction,
retroaction,
revulsion,
bounce, # rebound,
ricochet,
repercussion,
recalcitration,
kick,
contrecoup, springing back, elasticity,
reflection, reflexion,
reflex,
reflux,
reverberation,
rebuff,
repulse, return, ducks and drakes,
boomerang, spring,
reactionist, elastic collision, coefficient of restitution
V. recoil, react, spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back, rebound,
reverberate,
repercuss,
recalcitrate,
echo,
ricochet Adv. on the rebound, on the recoil
Phr. for every action there is a reaction equal in force and opposite in direction, 4, motion with reference to direction
