1. A decision to reverse an earlier decision
   "The politician's turnabout on the key issue cost him support";
   - reversal, change of mind, flip-flop, turnaround, U-turn [informal]
    
2. Turning in the opposite direction
   "The company's financial turnabout was unexpected";
   - reversion, reverse, reversal, turnaround

Derived forms: turnabouts

Type of: change of direction, deciding, decision making, reorientation

Encyclopedia: Turnabout