Revert

Definitions

1. One who, or that which, reverts.
2. One who reverts to that religion which one had adhered to before having converted to another.
3. A convert to Islam.
4. The act of reversion (of e.g. a database transaction or source control repository) to an earlier state.
5. The skateboard maneuver of rotating the board 180 degrees or more while the wheels remain on the ground.

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Examples

“[...] Cyril III ibn Laqlaq’s correspondence which reflects genuine—if intentionally vague—concern⟳ for the secretive community of Christian converts and reverts [who had converted to Islam before].”

“Zeba Siddiqui, herself a revert and editor of the Parent's Manual: A Guide⟳ for Muslim Parents Living in North America, contributed to this book as a consultant.”

“Parents should not reject⟳ a proposal without good reason⟳ — and being a revert with a past is not an acceptable one.”

“We've found that git reverts are at least an order⟳ of magnitude faster than SVN reverse merges.”

“In short tutorials, the player learns the basics of skating: reverts, manuals and the ollie […]”

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