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Definition of reverse : 1. A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
2. A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
3. Hence, to overthrow; to subvert.
4. Reversed; as, a reverse shell.
5. That which appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction.
6. That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite.
7. The act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse.
8. The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse.
9. To become or be reversed.
10. To cause to return; to recall.
11. To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
12. To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree.
13. To return; to revert.
14. To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart.
15. To turn upside down; to invert.
16. Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.
17. Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.

Synonyms:

relapsing, flex, lapse, wind, opposite word, volte-face, box in, alternator, about-face, opponent, obliterate, deform, the converse, plough, opposition, conversely, balance, turnabout, lift, antithesis, bowl over, wrench, countermand, grow, end, make into, the contrary, renew, plagiarize, backsliding, go up, paradoxical, verso, run off, support, lapsing, pole, citation, antilock braking system, bottom, mouse, the reverse, get up, plagiarise, backset, cabbage, shiner, abrogate, stamp out, eradicate, corner, pinch, nobble, reversal, antonymous, go back, terminate, back up, raise, replace, resign, set aside, annul, rise, rearrange, prohibit, revolutionise, bring down, bypass, rescind, bring in a verdict, avoid, suppress, modify, antonymic, antipode, atavism, turnaround, revoke, reverting, give way, ABS, automatic transmission, become, conflicting, come up, counter, vary, quash, remove, transform, retroversion, policy change, abate, exterminate, opposing, vice versa, negation, repeal, vacate, rustle, adjust, throwback, turn around, swap, move around, reverse gear, award, transposition, bus, puff, shock, call on, annihilate, give up, turn back, nose candy, abolish, contain, bring up, drive away, exchange, release, shift, contrapositive, turnround, drive out, turnaround time, block in, substitute, flip-flop, purloin, relieve, hoist, antipodal, bottom gear, swipe, better, plow, empty, backward, bar, overrule, reversion, move up, bevel, supersede, black eye, void, abandon, uprise, rear, destroy, apex, charge, gust, arrest, bend, twist, change down, override, face-lift, blast, setback, make way (for), antipodes, edge, brake pad, knock over, rearward, air brake, acquit, sprain, adapt, change of mind, carve up, alter, carry, tump over, revise, abstract, to the contrary, spin, work, otherwise, diametrical, change your mind, tip over, turn something inside out, obverse, contradictory, regression, change state, filch, hold back, bump, arise, backtrack, extirpate, knock, angle, turn, pilfer, double back, airlift, coke, roll, overthrow, convert, see reason/sense, subvert, change by reversal, retrogression, turn into, move on, base, antipodean, tilt, sneak, chase away, brake fluid, hook, call for, dispel, opposed, car-pool, wrick, back, elevate, confines, succeed, brake, buckle up, supplant, snow, backpedal, tail, revolutionize, drive off, brim, blow, capitulate, tip up, turn over, stop, antonym, retrovert, acquittal, sour, snarf, move with the times, ferment, acceleration, rick

transpose, change, upend, upset, upturn, capsize

disaffirm, dispute, check, negate, nullify, efface, deny, disprove, renounce, contradict, disavow, invalidate, overturn, counterwork, invert, repudiate, counterbalance, cancel, disclaim

inverse, converse, opposite, polar, against, diametric, adversarial, across

contra, anti, negative, contrary, mirror, reversed, antithetical, con, study at opposite

relapse, return, revert, retrogress, regress

adversary

Usage examples:

• My reverse is nothing but the fortune of war. - "The Deluge", David Graham Phillips.
• Do not believe that you can learn correct vision from the blind, nor that you can really profit by hearing how a piece should not be played, and then trying the reverse. - "Piano Playing With Piano Questions Answered", Josef Hofmann.
• It was only necessary to reverse the operation: by pulling the bell- wire in the Herr Count's study the screen was rolled up. - "The Nameless Castle", Maurus Jókai.