Main Entry:: re·ver·sion
Pronunciation:: \ri-ˈvər-zhən, -shən\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin reversion-, reversio act of returning, from revertere
Date:: 15th century

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 successor2: the right of succession or future possession or enjoyment3 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 character4: an act or instance of turning the opposite way : the state of being so turned5: a product of reversion; specifically : an organism with an atavistic character : throwback

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