conversion

Noun

• the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another

• act of exchanging one type of money or security for another

• interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition

• a change of religion
  • his conversion to the Catholic faith
    

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis

• a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life

• a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown

• a change in the units or form of an expression: "conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade"

• an event that results in a transformation

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  rebirth , spiritual rebirth , transition , changeover