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Reversion Common

Origin: Latin suffix -sion

Reversion has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
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

4

turning in the opposite direction

5

returning to a former state

6

a failure to maintain a higher state

7

The action of reverting something.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
interest mutation recurrence change of direction reversal failure
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
escheat about-face u-turn recidivism
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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