Reversion
nounid
118163·updated May 18, 2026verified
(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)
polysemous
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Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- atavismbackslidingregressregressionretrogressionretroversionreversalreversethrowbackturnaboutturnaround
- plural
- Reversions
- possessive
- Reversion's
- pluralpossessive
- Reversions'
Framework definitions
- §1
- a failure to maintain a higher state
- §2
- returning to a former state
- §3
- turning in the opposite direction
- §4
- a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
- §5
- a return to a normal phenotype, usually resulting from a second mutation
- §6
- (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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