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 Definitions of reversion  [ɪˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən]  

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Definition of 'reversion' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) reversion
the act of reverting; return to a former practice, belief, condition, etc.

2.  reversion
the act of reversing or the state of being reversed; reversal.

3.  reversion
reappearance of ancestral characteristics that have been absent in intervening generations.

4.  reversion
return to an earlier or primitive type; atavism.

5.  reversion
the returning of an estate, property, etc., to the grantor at the expiration of a grant.

6.  reversion
the estate that so returns.

7.  reversion
the right of succeeding to an estate.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME < L reversiō turning back, return. See revert , -tion)

Definition of 'reversion' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) 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)

2. (noun) reversion
(genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)

3. (noun) atavism, reversion, throwback
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

4. (noun) reversion, reverse, reversal, turnabout, turnaround
turning in the opposite direction

5. (noun) regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion
returning to a former state

6. (noun) backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
a failure to maintain a higher state


Definition of 'reversion' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) reversion
the act of returning, or coming back; return

2. (noun) reversion
that which reverts or returns; residue

3. (noun) reversion
the returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him

4. (noun) reversion
hence, a right to future possession or enjoiment; succession

5. (noun) reversion
a payment which is not to be received, or a benefit which does not begin, until the happening of some event, as the death of a living person

6. (noun) reversion
a return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism


Translation of 'reversion' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to come or go back (to a previous state, point in a discussion etc).

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: terugkering Arabic flag Arabic: رُجوع، إرْتِداد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: връщане
Brazilian flag Brazilian: reversão Czech flag Czech: obrat German flag German: die Umkehrung
Danish flag Danish: tilbagevenden Greek flag Greek: επάνοδος, επιστροφή Spanish flag Spanish: reversión
Estonian flag Estonian: tagasipöördumine Farsi flag Farsi: بازگشت؛ حرکت معکوس Finnish flag Finnish: palautuminen
French flag French: retour, réversion Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֲזָרָה לַבַּעַלות שֶׁל- Hindi flag Hindi: लौटना
Croatian flag Croatian: vraćanje prava darivatelj Hungarian flag Hungarian: visszatérés Indonesian flag Indonesian: pengembalian
Icelandic flag Icelandic: afturhvarf Italian flag Italian: ritorno, reversione Japanese flag Japanese: 逆戻り
Korean flag Korean: 복귀 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: (su)grįžimas Latvian flag Latvian: atgriešanās
Malay flag Malay: pengembalian Dutch flag Dutch: terugkeer Norwegian flag Norwegian: tilbakevending; speilvend
Polish flag Polish: powrót do poprzedniego st Persian flag Persian: بازگشت؛ حرکت معکوس Pashto flag Pashto: دځاى نيونې حق، دپلارنيكه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: regresso Romanian flag Romanian: întoarcere, revenire Russian flag Russian: возвращение
Slovak flag Slovak: obrat Slovenian flag Slovenian: vrnitev Serbian flag Serbian: povratak
Swedish flag Swedish: återgång Thai flag Thai: การกลับกัน Turkish flag Turkish: dönme, dönüş
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 回復 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: повернення Urdu flag Urdu: واپسی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự trở lại Chinese flag Chinese: 复归

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