Definitions for reversion

Definitions for (noun) reversion

Main entry: lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting, backsliding

Definition: a failure to maintain a higher state


Main entry: retrogression, retroversion, reversion, regress, regression

Definition: returning to a former state


Main entry: turnabout, turnaround, reversal, reverse, reversion

Definition: turning in the opposite direction


Main entry: reversion, atavism, throwback

Definition: a reappearance of an earlier characteristic


Main entry: reversion

Definition: (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)


Main entry: reversion

Definition: (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)


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