rollback

Meaning

Noun

1. A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
2. A withdrawal of military forces.
3. An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).
4. The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward.
5. (informal) A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically as a tow truck or for transporting other vehicles.
6. 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.
7. An uncommanded reduction in the thrust of a jet engine.

Verb

1. To return to the previous state.
2. To reduce thrust without having been commanded to do so.

Synonyms

push back

assault

attack

👊

charge

cutback

incursion

inroad

invasion

lessening

offence

offense

onrush

onset

onslaught

rally

recoil

recovery

reduction

reductions

rerun

rewind

⏪

sally

shot

shrinkage

strafe

strike

swoop

SQL

backroll

aggression

force price down

demand a lower price

abatement

respool

Etymology

The noun is a deverbal from roll back. The verb is a back-formation from the noun despite being redundant to roll back.