Definition of Reversion

Noun: reversion  ri'vur-zhun or ri'vur-shun

1. (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)
    
2. (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
    
3. A reappearance of an earlier characteristic
   - atavism, throwback
    
4. Turning in the opposite direction
   - reverse, reversal, turnabout [N. Amer], turnaround
    
5. A return to an earlier state
   - regression, regress, retrogression, retroversion
    
6. A failure to maintain a higher state
   - backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reverting

See also:
reversing
reversional

Anagrams containing the word reversion

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