reorientation

/ˌriˌɔriɛnˈteɪʃən/

Reorientation is the act of figuring out again where you are in relationship to your environment, or changing direction. If you're lost in the woods, a compass and map are good for reorientation.

Reorientation is often related to location: figuring out where you are and pointing yourself in the right direction. A football player who gets spun around on the field may need a quick reorientation so he doesn't run the wrong way. But reorientation is also about rethinking, and maybe changing, the way you approach something, like an idea or a project.

Definitions of reorientation

1. noun

   a fresh orientation; a changed set of attitudes and beliefs
   type of:

   orientation

   an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
2. noun

   the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented
   synonyms: change of direction

   types:

   turn

   the act of turning away or in the opposite direction

   reversal, reverse, reversion, turnabout, turnaround

   turning in the opposite direction

   change of course

   a change in the direction that you are moving

   about turn, about-face

   act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation

   u-turn

   complete reversal of direction of travel

   turn, turning

   the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

   tack, tacking

   (nautical) the act of changing tack

   type of:

   change

   the action of changing something