reversion

1. n. The act of returning, or coming back; return. Source: opted

2. n. That which reverts or returns; residue. Source: opted

3. n. The returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him. Source: opted

4. n. Hence, a right to future possession or enjoiment; succession. Source: opted

5. n. A payment which is not to be received, or a benefit which does not begin, until the happening of some event, as the death of a living person. Source: opted

6. n. A return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism. Source: opted

7. n. (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or their heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee) Source: wordnet

8. n. (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation) Source: wordnet

9. n. a reappearance of an earlier characteristic Source: wordnet

10. n. turning in the opposite direction Source: wordnet

11. n. returning to a former state Source: wordnet

12. n. a failure to maintain a higher state Source: wordnet

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