Search Result:reversion
KK Pronunciation
〔 rIˋvFʒәn,-ˋvFʃ- 〕
Pronunciation
〔 riˊvәːʃn 〕
Overview of noun reversion
The noun reversion has 6 senses
- reversion -- ((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))
- reversion -- ((genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation))
- atavism, reversion, throwback -- (a reappearance of an earlier characteristic)
- reversion, reverse, reversal, turnabout, turnaround -- (turning in the opposite direction)
- regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion -- (returning to a former state)
- backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting -- (a failure to maintain a higher state)