reversible.

1. Capable of being undone or returned to an earlier state or direction under the relevant conditions.

2. Designed or suitable for use with either side outward or in either direction.

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Words that belong together

• reversible process
• reversible change

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The change was reversible while the earlier records remained available.

The process was reversible under the specified laboratory conditions.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Normally non-gradable for a specified formal status; compare degree only where the context genuinely concerns a gradable capacity or characteristic. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: status distinction, institutional analysis, scope qualification, rights analysis. Disciplines: formal writing, institutional procedures, legal-administrative language. Commonness: moderately common.