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Noun: rollback  'rówl,bak
  1. [N. Amer] Reducing prices back to some earlier level
    "The store's rollback was an attempt to boost sales"
     
  2. Reversal of a previous action, decision, or policy
    "The government announced a rollback of recent tax increases"
     
  3. (computing) restoration of data or a system to a previous state
    "The database rollback prevented data corruption"
     
  4. The act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
    "The counteroffensive resulted in a significant rollback of enemy forces";
    - push back
Verb: roll back
  1. Reverse or undo a previous action, decision, or policy; return to a previous level or condition
    "The company rolled back prices to 1990s levels"
     
  2. (computing) restore data or a system to a previous state
    "They had to roll back the database after the failed update"

Derived forms: rolled back, rollbacks, rolls back, rolling back

Type of: decrease, diminution, offence [Brit, Cdn], offense [US], offensive, reduction, step-down

Encyclopedia: Rollback

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