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