Noun Definition

reversion

1.Definition: (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)

Category: General

2.Definition: (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)

Category: General

3.Definition: a failure to maintain a higher state

Related Noun(s):lapse, relapse

Category: General

4.Definition: a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

Related Noun(s):atavism, throwback

Category: General

5.Definition: returning to a former state

Related Noun(s):regress, regression, retrogression, retroversion

Category: General

6.Definition: turning in the opposite direction

Related Noun(s):reversal, reverse, turnabout, turnaround

Category: General