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re·ver·sion

(rĭ-vûr′zhən)

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 such an estate.

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reversion

(rɪˈvɜːʃən)

1. a return to or towards an earlier condition, practice, or belief; act of reverting

2. the act of reversing or the state of being reversed; reversal

3. (Biology) biology

a. the return of individuals, organs, etc, to a more primitive condition or type

b. the reappearance of primitive characteristics in an individual or group

4. (Law) property law

a. an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor or his heirs at the end of a period, esp at the end of the life of a grantee

b. an estate so reverting

c. the right to succeed to such an estate

5. (Insurance) the benefit payable on the death of a life-insurance policyholder

reˈversionally adv

reˈversionary, reˈversional adj

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re•ver•sion

(rɪˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən)

n.

1. the act of reverting; return to a former practice, belief, condition, etc.

2. the act of reversing or the state of being reversed; reversal.

a. reappearance of ancestral characteristics that have been absent in intervening generations.

b. return to an earlier or primitive type; atavism.

a. the returning of an estate, property, etc., to the grantor at the expiration of a grant.

b. the estate that so returns.

c. the right of succeeding to an estate.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin reversiō turning back, return. See revert, -tion]

re•ver′sion•ar`y (-ʒəˌnɛr i) re•ver′sion•al, adj.

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Noun	1.	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 atavism, throwback recurrence, return - happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring"
	4.	reversion - turning in the opposite direction turnabout, turnaround, reversal, reverse 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 regress, retrogression, retroversion, regression 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 lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reverting, backsliding, lapse failure - an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test" recidivism - habitual relapse into crime

reversion

noun

A return to a former, usually worse condition:

regression, retrogradation, retrogression.

Translations

رُجوع، إرْتِداد

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tilbagevenden

afturhvarf

dönmedönüş

reversion

[rɪˈvɜːʃən] N (also Bio, Jur) → reversión f
reversion to type → reversión f al tipo, salto m atrás

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

reversion

(= return to former state: of person) → Umkehr f → (to zu); (to bad state) → Rückfall m (→ to in +acc); the reversion of this country to a republic → die Rückverwandlung dieses Landes in eine Republik; reversion to type (Biol) → (Arten)rückschlag m; his reversion to type → das erneute Durchbrechen seiner alten Natur

(Jur, of property) → Zurückfallen nt (→ to an +acc)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

reversion

[rɪˈvɜːʃ/ən] n (return to previous state) → ritorno (Bio) → reversione f

revert

(rəˈvəːt) verb

to come or go back (to a previous state, point in a discussion etc).

reˈversion (-ʃən) , ((American) -ʒən) noun

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