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REVERSION definition: 1. a change back to a previous and often worse condition: 2. a return of something to its previous…. Learn more.
The meaning of REVERSION is the part of a simple estate remaining in the control of its owner after the owner has granted therefrom a lesser particular estate. How to use reversion in a sentence.
REVERSION meaning: 1. a change back to a previous and often worse condition: 2. a return of something to its previous…. Learn more.
Reversion definition: the act of turning something the reverse way.. See examples of REVERSION used in a sentence.
A reversion to a previous state, system, or kind of behaviour is a change back to it. Most of us learnt to fish as children, and so going fishing is a reversion to a state of uncomplicatedness. [ + to] ...a reversion to the emotions of her baby years. 2. variable noun.
Synonyms for REVERSION: regression, retrogression, decline, return, relapse, lapse, atavism, backslide; Antonyms of REVERSION: development, evolution, progression, advancement, growth, maturation, gestation, ripening
Definition of reversion noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. (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) see more. see less. types: escheat. a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs. type of:
Reversion definition: The return of an estate to the grantor or to the grantor's heirs or successor after the grant has expired.
n. 1. the act of reverting; return to a former practice, belief, condition, etc. 2. the act of reversing or the state of being reversed; reversal. 3. a. reappearance of ancestral characteristics that have been absent in intervening generations.
