1. reversion - 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)
2. reversion - noun
· (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
Hypernym(s): mutation, genetic_mutation, chromosomal_mutation
3. reversion - noun
· a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
Synonym(s): atavism, throwback
Hypernym(s): recurrence, return
4. reversion - noun
· turning in the opposite direction
Synonym(s): reverse, reversal, turnabout, turnaround
Hypernym(s): change_of_direction, reorientation
5. reversion - noun
· returning to a former state
Synonym(s): regression, regress, retrogression, retroversion
Hypernym(s): reversal
6. reversion - noun
· a failure to maintain a higher state
Synonym(s): backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reverting
Hypernym(s): failure
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