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Reversion

//ɹɪˈvɜːʒ(ə)n̩// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The action of reverting something. countable, uncountable

    "Near-synonym: reversal"

  2. 2
    a failure to maintain a higher state wordnet
  3. 3
    The action of returning to a former condition or practice. countable, uncountable

    "With its lavish brass and copperwork, this [bright chocolate] seemed a trifle too gay and unbecoming for a G.W.R. locomotive, and apparently the Company soon shared this view for there was a reversion to the standard Brunswick green."

  4. 4
    returning to a former state wordnet
  5. 5
    The fact of being turned the reverse way. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    turning in the opposite direction wordnet
  2. 7
    The action of turning something the reverse way. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    a reappearance of an earlier characteristic wordnet
  4. 9
    The return of an estate to the donor or grantor after expiry of the grant. countable, uncountable

    "Why nothing capital of my master's wardrobe has drop'd lately—but I could give you a mortgage on some of his winter Cloaths with equity of redemption before November or—you shall have the reversion—of the French velvet, or a post obit on the Blue and Silver—"

  5. 10
    (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation) wordnet
  6. 11
    An estate which has been returned in this manner. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or their heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee) wordnet
  8. 13
    The right of succeeding to an estate, or to another possession. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    The right of succeeding to an office after the death or retirement of the holder. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    The return of a genetic characteristic after a period of suppression. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A sum payable on a person's death. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    The act of conversion to Islam, due to the belief that all people are born Muslim. countable, proscribed, uncountable, usually

Etymology

Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French reversion (modern réversion), from Latin reversio, from revertō. By surface analysis, revert + -sion.

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