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REVERSION

Definition:

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

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Related Words:

• escheat
• about-face, about turn
• u-turn
• recidivism

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