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reversal - a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside |
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affirmation a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand
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judgement,
judgment,
judicial decision the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants"
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jurisprudence,
law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
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reversal - a decision to reverse an earlier decision |
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turnabout,
turnaround |
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deciding,
decision making the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"
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afterthought,
reconsideration,
rethink,
second thought an addition that was not included in the original plan; "the garage was an afterthought"
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reversal - a change from one state to the opposite state; "there was a reversal of autonomic function" |
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change of state the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
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regress,
regression,
retrogression,
retroversion,
reversion the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
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reversal - turning in an opposite direction or position; "the reversal of the image in the lens" |
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turn,
turning taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park"
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