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1. (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. (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
    
3. A reappearance of an earlier characteristic
   - atavism, throwback
    
4. Turning in the opposite direction
   - reverse, reversal, turnabout [N. Amer], turnaround
    
5. Returning to a former state
   - regression, regress, retrogression, retroversion
    
6. A failure to maintain a higher state
   - backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reverting

Derived forms: reversions

See also: reversionary, revert

Type of: change of direction, chromosomal mutation, failure, genetic mutation, interest, mutation, recurrence, reoccurence, reorientation, return, reversal, stake

Encyclopedia: Reversion