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reversion

English

  1. 🔊 turning in the opposite direction
  2. 🔊 (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
  3. 🔊 (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)
  4. 🔊 a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
  5. 🔊 returning to a former state
  6. 🔊 a failure to maintain a higher state

Spanish

  1. 🔊 reversión reversion

Similar words

backsliding lapse lapsing relapse relapsing reverting regression regress retrogression retroversion reverse reversal turnabout turnaround atavism throwback about-face about-turn atavism back track back trail backing backing off backing out