Negative repeated, reversing time (4)
I believe the answer is:
noon
'time' is the definition.
(I know that noon is a type of hour)
'negative repeated reversing' is the wordplay.
'negative' becomes 'no' (no is a kind of negative).
'repeated' becomes 'no' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'reversing' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'no' written backwards gives 'on'.
'no'+'on'='NOON'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for noon that I've seen before include "12 o'clock" , "A moment of time" , "Twelve during daylight" , "12 pm" , "Twelve o'clock in the day" .)