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Synonyms for revision

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineActions

the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)

It would require a drastic revision of his opinion.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

alteration

Same sentence, swapped: It would require a drastic alteration of his opinion.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for revision as it is used in the sentence above.

rewrite
transfiguration
permutation

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Closest first: other actions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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