reversion
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French reversion (modern réversion), from Latin reversio, from revertō.
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Noun [edit]
reversion (countable and uncountable; plural reversions)
- The action of reverting something.
- The action of returning to a former condition or practice; reversal.
- The fact of being turned the reverse way.
- The action of turning something the reverse way.
- (law) The return of an estate to the donor or grantor after expiry of the grant.
- (law) An estate which has been returned in this manner.
- (law) The right of succeeding to an estate, or to another possession.
- The right of succeeding to an office after the death or retirement of the holder.
- The return of a genetic characteristic after a period of suppression.
- A sum payable on a person's death.
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Old French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin reversiō.
Noun [edit]
reversion f (oblique plural reversions, nominative singular reversion, nominative plural reversions)
