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reversion

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re·ver·sion  (r-vûrzhn)
n.
1. A return to a former condition, belief, or interest.
2. A turning away or in the opposite direction; a reversal.
3. Genetics A return to the normal phenotype, usually by a second mutation.
4. Law
a. The return of an estate to the grantor or to the grantor's heirs or successor after the grant has expired.
b. The estate thus returned.
c. The right to succeed to an estate.

reversion
Noun
1. a return to an earlier condition, practice, or belief
2. Biol the return of individuals or organs to a more primitive condition or type
3. the rightful passing of property to the owner or designated heir
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.reversion - (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)
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
stake, interest - (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future"
escheat - a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs
2.reversion - (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation - (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
3.reversion - a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
recurrence, return - happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring"
4.reversionreversion - turning in the opposite direction
change of direction, reorientation - the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented
about turn, about-face - act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation
u-turn - complete reversal of direction of travel
5.reversion - returning to a former state
reversal - a change from one state to the opposite state; "there was a reversal of autonomic function"
6.reversion - a failure to maintain a higher state
failure - an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test"
recidivism - habitual relapse into crime
Translations
French reversion [rɪˈvəːʃən] nretour m
German reversion [rɪˈvəːʃən] n reversion to → Rückfall in +acc;
(Zool) → Rückentwicklung f

Italian reversion [rɪˈvəːʃən] nritorno

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"An appeal will not lie," he thought, with an absurd reversion to professional slang, making the situation more horrible, as the fire of a cigar might light up a tomb.
To such a degree, I assure you, though I would not say so to others, that if the queen, acknowledging the injuries she has done me, would recall my mother and give me the reversion of the admiralty, which belonged to my father and was promised me at his death, well
If that were at an end, the States which made the cession, on a principle of federal compromise, would be apt when the motive of the grant had ceased, to reclaim the lands as a reversion.
 
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