Reversion
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
(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)
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Senses
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a failure to maintain a higher state
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returning to a former state
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turning in the opposite direction
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a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
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a return to a normal phenotype, usually resulting from a second mutation
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- atavismbackslidingregressregressionretrogressionretroversionreversalreversethrowbackturnaboutturnaround
- plural
- Reversions
- possessive
- Reversion's
- pluralpossessive
- Reversions'