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English noun: reversion | |||
| 1. | reversion (possession) (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) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | interest, stake | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | escheat | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
| 2. | reversion (event) (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation | ||
| Domain category | genetic science, genetics | ||
| 3. | reversion (event) a reappearance of an earlier characteristic | ||
| Synonyms | atavism, throwback | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | recurrence, return | ||
| 4. | reversion (act) turning in the opposite direction | ||
| Synonyms | reversal, reverse, turnabout, turnaround | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change of direction, reorientation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | about turn, about-face, u-turn | ||
| 5. | reversion (act) returning to a former state | ||
| Synonyms | regress, regression, retrogression, retroversion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reversal | ||
| 6. | reversion (act) a failure to maintain a higher state | ||
| Synonyms | backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reverting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | failure | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | recidivism | ||
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