turning point, turn of the tide; status quo ante bellum; calm
before a storm.
alternation &c (periodicity) 138; inversion &c 219; recoil &c 277;
retreat, regression, retrogression &c 283; restoration &c 660; relapse,
recidivism &c 661; atavism; vicinism†;
V. revert, turn back, regress; relapse &c 661; recoil &c 277; retreat
&c 283; restore &c 660; undo, unmake; turn the tide, roll back the
tide, turn the scale, tip the scale.
Adj. reverting &c v.; regressive, revulsive, reactionary; retrorse†.
Adv. a rebours [Fr.].