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reversion reversion definition

reversion


 
  Grep  of  noun  reversion 
  reversion 
  reversionary  annuity 
  reversioner 
  reversionist 
 
  Overview  of  noun  reversion 
 
  The  noun  reversion  has  5  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  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.  atavism,  reversion,  throwback  --  (a  reappearance  of  an  earlier  characteristic) 
  3.  reversion,  reverse,  reversal,  turnabout,  turnaround  --  (turning  in  the  opposite  direction) 
  4.  regression,  regress,  reversion,  retrogression,  retroversion  --  (returning  to  a  former  state) 
  5.  backsliding,  lapse,  lapsing,  recidivism,  relapse,  relapsing,  reversion,  reverting  --  (a  failure  to  maintain  a  higher  state) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  reversion 
  reversionary 
 
  Overview  of  noun  reversion 
 
  The  noun  reversion  has  5  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  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.  atavism,  reversion,  throwback  --  (a  reappearance  of  an  earlier  characteristic) 
  3.  reversion,  reverse,  reversal,  turnabout,  turnaround  --  (turning  in  the  opposite  direction) 
  4.  regression,  regress,  reversion,  retrogression,  retroversion  --  (returning  to  a  former  state) 
  5.  backsliding,  lapse,  lapsing,  recidivism,  relapse,  relapsing,  reversion,  reverting  --  (a  failure  to  maintain  a  higher  state) 



reversion definition