abject apology, about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, alteration, amelioration, amendment, apology, apostasy, betterment, break, change, change of allegiance, change of mind, changeableness, constructive change, continuity, conversion, deathbed repentance, defection, degeneration, degenerative change, deterioration, deviation, difference, discontinuity, divergence, diversification, diversion, diversity, fitting, flip-flop, gradual change, heartfelt apology, improvement, mea culpa, melioration, mitigation, modification, modulation, new birth, overthrow, penance, penitence, qualification, radical change, re-creation, realignment, rebirth, reclamation, recrudescence, redemption, redesign, reform, reformation, regeneration, remaking, renascence, renewal, repentance, reshaping, restructuring, reversal, revival, revivification, revolution, saeta, shift, sudden change, switch, total change, transition, turn, turnabout, upheaval, variation, variety, violent change, wearing a hairshirt, worsening