Synonyms: lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting, backsliding
Definition: a failure to maintain a higher state
Synonyms: retrogression, retroversion, reversion, regress, regression
Definition: returning to a former state
Similar words: reversal
Definition: a change from one state to the opposite state
Usage: there was a reversal of autonomic function
Synonyms: turnabout, turnaround, reversal, reverse, reversion
Definition: turning in the opposite direction
Similar words: reorientation, change of direction
Definition: the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented
Synonyms: reversion, atavism, throwback
Definition: a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
Similar words: recurrence, return
Definition: happening again (especially at regular intervals)
Usage: the return of spring
Synonyms: reversion
Definition: (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
Similar words: chromosomal mutation, mutation, genetic mutation
Definition: (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
Synonyms: 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)
Similar words: stake, interest
Definition: (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
Usage: they have interests all over the world; a stake in the company's future