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Solution

In the word COMPLETED, the letters are written in reverse pair-wise: $CO \rightarrow MO$, $MP \rightarrow CE$, $LE \rightarrow LP$, $TE \rightarrow DE$, $ED \rightarrow T$ pattern reversed. Simpler observation: COMPLETED → MOCELPDET (reverse in pairs). Hence, DIRECTION → RIDTCENOI.