reversion
/ɹɪvˈɝʒən/ · 3 syllables
Meaning
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)
- (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
- a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
- turning in the opposite direction
- returning to a former state
- a failure to maintain a higher state
Synonyms for reversion
Words that rhyme with reversion
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