reversion

re·ver·sion

noun \ri-ˈvər-zhən, -shən\

Definition of REVERSION

1

a : the part of a simple estate remaining in the control of its owner after the owner has granted therefrom a lesser particular estate b : a future interest in property left in the control of a grantor or the grantor's successor

2

: the right of succession or future possession or enjoyment

3

a : an act or the process of returning (as to a former condition) b : a return toward an ancestral type or condition : reappearance of an ancestral character

4

: an act or instance of turning the opposite way : the state of being so turned

5

: a product of reversion; specifically : an organism with an atavistic character : throwback

Examples of REVERSION

1. His photos document the land's reversion to swamp.
2. the reversion of the estate

Origin of REVERSION

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin reversion-, reversio act of returning, from revertere

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to REVERSION

Synonyms: retrogression, regression

Antonyms: advancement, development, evolution, progression

Related Words: backslide, lapse, relapse; atavism, return; nondevelopment; decline, degeneration

Near Antonyms: gestation, growth, maturation, ripening

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Rhymes with REVERSION

aspersion, aversion, coercion, conversion, dispersion, diversion, emersion, eversion, excursion, immersion, incursion, inversion, perversion, recursion, submersion, subversion