conversion

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. reduction, change;retooling, changeover, adaptation; transmogrification; alchemy; resolution, assimilation; reformation; sex change.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A converting or being converted]

Syn. change, transformation, metamorphosis, changeover, growth, passage, metabolism, turning point, alteration, exchange, translation, resolution, passing, transmigration, transfiguration, transmutation, resolving, progress, flux, transmogrification, reduction; see also change 1 , 2 , reformation 1 .

Ant. establishing*, settlement, fixation.

2. [A basic change in belief; especially, espousal of a religion]

Syn. turn, spiritual change, regeneration, rebirth, accepting the true faith, turning to the church, turning to God, turning to Christ, being born again, being baptized, accepting baptism, seeing the light, change of heart, change in character, New birth; see also reformation 2 .

Ant. reversion, desertion*, fall from grace.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

change, changeover, transformation, transmutation, switch, metamorphosis, reversal, remodeling, modification, *about-face, *turnaround, adaptation.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The process or result of changing from one appearance, state, or phase to another: change, changeover, metamorphosis, mutation, shift, transfiguration, transformation, translation, transmogrification, transmutation, transubstantiation. See CHANGE. 2. A fundamental change in one's beliefs: metanoia, rebirth, regeneration. See CHANGE.