Reversion
noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 The action of reverting something. countable, uncountable
"Near-synonym: reversal"
- 2 a failure to maintain a higher state wordnet
- 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 returning to a former state wordnet
- 5 The fact of being turned the reverse way. countable, uncountable
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- 6 turning in the opposite direction wordnet
- 7 The action of turning something the reverse way. countable, uncountable
- 8 a reappearance of an earlier characteristic wordnet
- 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—"
- 10 (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation) wordnet
- 11 An estate which has been returned in this manner. countable, uncountable
- 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
- 13 The right of succeeding to an estate, or to another possession. countable, uncountable
- 14 The right of succeeding to an office after the death or retirement of the holder. countable, uncountable
- 15 The return of a genetic characteristic after a period of suppression. countable, uncountable
- 16 A sum payable on a person's death. countable, uncountable
- 17 The act of conversion to Islam, due to the belief that all people are born Muslim. countable, proscribed, uncountable, usually
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French reversion (modern réversion), from Latin reversio, from revertō. By surface analysis, revert + -sion.