Reversion - Definition
reversion
n 1: (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: (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting
from a second mutation)
3: a reappearance of an earlier characteristic [syn: atavism,
reversion, throwback]
4: turning in the opposite direction [syn: reversion,
reverse, reversal, turnabout, turnaround]
5: returning to a former state [syn: regression, regress,
reversion, retrogression, retroversion]
6: a failure to maintain a higher state [syn: backsliding,
lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion,
reverting]