about-face about-turn accommodation adaptation adjustment afterthoughts alteration amelioration apostasy apostate back track back trail backing backing off backing out backing up backslider backsliding backup better thoughts betterment bolter break change change of heart change of mind changeableness collaborationist collaborator constructive change continuity conversion convert coward defection defector degeneration degenerative change deserter deterioration deviation difference discontinuity disenchantment divergence diversification diversion diversity fifth columnist fitting flip flip-flop gradual change improvement lapse mature judgment melioration mitigation modification modulation mugwump overthrow proselyte qualification quisling quitter radical change rat re-creation realignment recidivation recidivism recidivist reclamation reconversion recreant redesign reform reformation regress regression rehabilitation reinstatement relapse remaking renegade renegado renegate renewal reshaping restitution restoration restructuring retrocession retrogradation retrogression retroversion return returning reversal reverse reversing reversion reversionist reverting revival revivification revolution revulsion right-about right-about-face runagate schismatic seceder secessionist second thoughts separatist shift slipping back strikebreaker sudden change swingaround switch tergiversant tergiversating tergiversation tergiversator total change traitor transition turn turnaround turncoat turning turntail upheaval variation variety violent change volte-face worsening