conversion

Meanings

Noun

• an event that results in a transformation
• a change in the units or form of an expression:
  • "conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade"
• a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
• a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
• a change of religion
  • "his conversion to the Catholic faith"
• interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
• act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
• the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another

Synonyms

changeover, rebirth, spiritual rebirth, transition