# Reversal

> Reversal — An offsetting entry that undoes a posted entry.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/reversal
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**What is reversal?** In accounting, reversal means an offsetting entry that undoes a posted entry.

## Words this system refuses for it

- delete
- undo

- **Category:** Core ledger
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Rendered by:** [entry-reversal-dialog](https://lopifi.com/md/components/entry-reversal-dialog), [adjusting-entry-form](https://lopifi.com/md/components/adjusting-entry-form), [journal-entry](https://lopifi.com/md/components/journal-entry)