S: (n) change (the action of changing something) "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
S: (n) entail (the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple)
S: (n) metrification, metrication (the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds)
S: (n) variation (the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard) "who is responsible for these variations in taxation?"
S: (n) turning (act of changing in practice or custom) "the law took many turnings over the years"
S: (n) diversification, variegation (the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered)) "my broker recommended a greater diversification of my investments"; "he limited his losses by diversification of his product line"
S: (n) flux (in constant change) "his opinions are in flux"; "the newness and flux of the computer industry"
S: (n) switch, switching, shift (the act of changing one thing or position for another) "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
S: (n) change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)
S: (n) alteration, modification, adjustment (the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment))
S: (n) motion, movement, move (the act of changing location from one place to another) "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
S: (n) movement (the act of changing the location of something) "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"
S: (n) motion, movement, move, motility (a change of position that does not entail a change of location) "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
S: (n) secularization, secularisation (the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion)
S: (n) rollover (the act of changing the institution that invests your pension plan without incurring a tax penalty)
S: (n) change, alteration, modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another) "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"