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re·ver·sion (ri vʉr′z̸hən, -s̸hən)
noun
- a turning or being turned the opposite way; reversal
- a reverting, or returning, as to a former state, custom, or belief
- Biol.
- a return to a former or primitive type; atavism
- the return, or reappearance, of characteristics present in early ancestral generations but not in those that have intervened
- an individual or organism with such characteristics
- Law
- the right of succession, future possession, or enjoyment
- the return of an estate to the grantor or the grantor's heirs by operation of law after the period of grant is over
- an estate so returning
Etymology: ME < MFr < L reversio < reversus: see reverse
Related Forms:
- reversionary re·ver′·sion·ar′y adjective or reversional re·ver′·sional
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