Reversion - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|rɪˈvɜːrʒn|
Brit.
|rɪˈvɜːʃ(ə)n|
noun
- (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)
- (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
- a reappearance of an earlier characteristic (syn: atavism, throwback)
- turning in the opposite direction (syn: reversal, reverse, turnabout, turnaround)
- returning to a former state (syn: regress, regression, retrogression, retroversion)
- a failure to maintain a higher state (syn: backsliding, lapse, relapse)
- (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
- a reappearance of an earlier characteristic (syn: atavism, throwback)
- turning in the opposite direction (syn: reversal, reverse, turnabout, turnaround)
- returning to a former state (syn: regress, regression, retrogression, retroversion)
- a failure to maintain a higher state (syn: backsliding, lapse, relapse)
Extra examples
His photos document the land's reversion to swamp.
Word forms
noun
singular: reversion
plural: reversions
singular: reversion
plural: reversions
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