Rollback

Quick meaning: Rollback is a noun meaning A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.

Meaning

A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.

More Meanings

1. The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward.
2. (aviation) An uncommanded reduction in the thrust of a jet engine.
3. (transitive, computing, databases) To return to the previous state.
4. (intransitive, aviation, of a jet engine) To reduce thrust without having been commanded to do so.
5. (informal, automotive) A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically to carry other vehicles, for use in recovery (wrecking, salvage) or for transporting.
6. (political science) The strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime, or by totally annihilating an enemy's armed forces and occupying the country, as was done in World War II to Italy, Germany, and Japan.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: tow truck (loosely often synonymous)

The server is unstable, we need to rollback the changes.

Although Mr. Trump has billed his rollback as a boon to the auto industry, automakers say the split-market outcome would be a logistical and financial nightmare for them.

A bidder that knows it may acquire power at a lower price if it withdraws demand early will be more inclined to do so than a bidder that knows it cannot cause a price rollback.

Word Forms

• rollbacks
• rollbacking
• rollbacked

Synonyms for rollback

Depending on context, synonyms include regime change, push back.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include push back, reversion, revert, regression, throwback, regress.

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