reversion

See also: reversión and réversion

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French reversion (modern réversion), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin reversio, from revertō. Surface analysis revert +‎ -sion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈvɜːʒən/
• IPA^(key): /ɹɨˈvɚʒn̩/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən

Noun

reversion (countable and uncountable, plural reversions)

1. The action of reverting something.
2. The action of returning to a former condition or practice; reversal.
3. The fact of being turned the reverse way.
4. The action of turning something the reverse way.
5. (law) The return of an estate to the donor or grantor after expiry of the grant.
   • 1822, Lord Byron, The Vision of Judgement, stanza 6:

     Each day too slew it’s^[sic] thousands six or seven,
     Till at the crowning carnage—Waterloo—
     They threw their pens down in divine disgust,
     The page was so besmeared with blood and dust. […]
     (Here, Sathan’s sole good work deserves insertion—
     ’Tis, that he has both Generals in reversion).

6. (law) An estate which has been returned in this manner.
7. (law) The right of succeeding to an estate, or to another possession.
8. The right of succeeding to an office after the death or retirement of the holder.
9. The return of a genetic characteristic after a period of suppression.
10. A sum payable on a person's death.

Usage notes

Basic sense is reverting (as nominalization of revert), but also used as reversing (from reanalysis as reverse + -sion), for which the more precise term is reversal. Compare “mean reversion” with “reversal of fortune”. The similar regression has connotations of moving back in time.

Synonyms

• (returning to a previous state): regression
• (reversing): reversal

Derived terms

Derived terms

• reversional
• reversionary

• reversioner
• reversionist

Translations

return

• Dutch: terugkeer (nl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: retour (fr)

the return of an estate

• Dutch: terugkeer (nl), erfrecht (nl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Further reading

• reversion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• overrisen

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Old French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin reversiō.

Noun

reversion oblique singular, f (oblique plural reversions, nominative singular reversion, nominative plural reversions)

1. return; act of going back
2. return; act of giving back

Descendants

• → English: reversion
• French: réversion