- 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)
--1 is a kind of interest, stake
--1 has particulars: escheat- reversion - a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
--2 is a kind of mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation
- atavism, reversion, throwback - a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
--3 is a kind of recurrence, return
- reversion, reverse, reversal, turnabout, turnaround - turning in the opposite direction
--4 is a kind of change of direction, reorientation
--4 has particulars: about-face, about turn; u-turn- regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion - returning to a former state
--5 is a kind of reversal
Derived form: verb revert1 - backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting - a failure to maintain a higher state
--6 is a kind of failure
--6 has particulars: recidivism - reversion - a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)