Definition of reversion

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Definition of reversion

  • returning to a former state (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. regress
    2. regression
    3. retrogression
    4. retroversion
  • a reappearance of an earlier characteristic (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. atavism
    2. throwback
  • a failure to maintain a higher state (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. backsliding
    2. lapse
    3. lapsing
    4. relapse
    5. relapsing
    6. reverting
  • turning in the opposite direction (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. reversal
    2. reverse
    3. turnabout
    4. turnaround
  • (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation) (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) (noun)

See definition of reversion in Merriam Webster