Synonyms: rebirth, spiritual rebirth, conversion
Definition: a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
Similar words: redemption, salvation
Definition: (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
Synonyms: conversion
Definition: a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
Similar words: score
Definition: the act of scoring in a game or sport
Usage: the winning score came with less than a minute left to play
Synonyms: conversion
Definition: the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
Similar words: change
Definition: the action of changing something
Usage: the change of government had no impact on the economy; his change on abortion cost him the election
Synonyms: conversion
Definition: act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
Similar words: exchange, interchange
Definition: reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
Usage: he earns his living from the interchange of currency
Synonyms: conversion
Definition: a change in the units or form of an expression: "conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade"
Similar words: figuring, calculation, computation, reckoning
Definition: problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
Synonyms: conversion
Definition: interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
Similar words: rhetorical device
Definition: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
Synonyms: conversion
Definition: a change of religion
Usage: his conversion to the Catholic faith
Similar words: change, modification, alteration
Definition: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
Usage: the change was intended to increase sales; this storm is certainly a change for the worse; the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago
Synonyms: transition, conversion, changeover
Definition: an event that results in a transformation
Similar words: shift, transformation, transmutation
Definition: a qualitative change
Synonyms: conversion
Definition: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
Similar words: defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction
Definition: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires