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reversion

re·ver·sion

UK/ɹɪˈvɜːʒ(ə)n̩/ US/ɹɪˈvɜːʃ(ə)n̩/ uncommon

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.

a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)

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Origin

Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French reversion (modern réversion), from Latin reversio, from revertō. By surface analysis, revert + -sion.

Phrases

  • manual reversion
  • status quo ante bellum

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