reversion

Words with a similar base: reversion

'reversion'

[reversion.n.01] as in: (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'

[reversion.n.02] as in: (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)

'reversion'

[atavism.n.01] as in: a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

'reversion'

[reversion.n.04] as in: turning in the opposite direction

'reversion'

[regression.n.04] as in: returning to a former state

'reversion'

[backsliding.n.01] as in: a failure to maintain a higher state

Origins

					reversion (English)
└── reversion (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
    ├── reversio (Latin)
    │   └── reverto (Latin)
    │       ├── re- (Latin)
    │       └── verto (Latin)
    └── reversiōnem (Latin)

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