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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Reversion \Re*ver"sion\ (r[-e]*v[~e]r"sh[u^]n), n. [F.
     r['e]version, L. reversio a turning back. See Revert.]
     1. The act of returning, or coming back; return. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              After his reversion home, [he] was spoiled, also, of
              all that he brought with him.         --Foxe.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. That which reverts or returns; residue. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The small reversion of this great navy which came
              home might be looked upon by religious eyes as
              relics.                               --Fuller.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Law) The returning of an estate 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. --Kent.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Hence, a right to future possession or enjoyment;
        succession.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              For even reversions are all begged before. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Annuities) 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. --Brande & C.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. (Biol.) A return towards some ancestral type or character;
        atavism.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Reversion of series (Alg.), the act of reverting a series.
        See To revert a series, under Revert, v. t.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Reversion \Re*ver"sion\, n. [F. r['e]version, L. reversio a
     turning back. See Revert.]
     1. The act of returning, or coming back; return. [Obs.]
  
              After his reversion home, [he] was spoiled, also, of
              all that he brought with him.         --Foxe.
  
     2. That which reverts or returns; residue. [Obs.]
  
              The small reversion of this great navy which came
              home might be looked upon by religious eyes as
              relics.                               --Fuller.
  
     3. (Law) 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. --Kent.
  
     4. Hence, a right to future possession or enjoiment;
        succession.
  
              For even reversions are all begged before. --Dryden.
  
     5. (Annuities) 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. --Brande &C.
  
     6. (Biol.) A return towards some ancestral type or character;
        atavism.
  
     Reversion of series (Alg.), the act of reverting a series.
        See To revert a series, under Revert, v. t.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  reversion
       n 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)
       3: a reappearance of an earlier characteristic [syn: atavism,
           throwback]
       4: turning in the opposite direction [syn: reverse, reversal,
           turnabout, turnaround]
       5: returning to a former state [syn: regression, regress, retrogression,
           retroversion]
       6: a failure to maintain a higher state [syn: backsliding, lapse,
           lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reverting]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  reversion
     Old French n.
     1 return; act of going back
     2 return; act of giving back

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  reversion
     n.
     1 The action of reverting something.
     2 The action of returning to a former condition or practice.
     3 The fact of being turned the reverse way.
     4 The action of turning something the reverse way.
     5 (lb en property law) The return of an estate to the donor or
  grantor after expiry of the grant.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  reversion
     Old French n.
     1 return; act of going back
     2 return; act of giving back

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  reversion
     Old French n.
     1 return; act of going back
     2 return; act of giving back

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  reversion
     Englanti n.
     paluu jhkn

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Reversion /reːvɛɾsjˈoːn/ 
  back mutation , reversion 
     Synonym: Rückmutation
  
   see: Genmutation, Mutation, Genmutationen, Mutationen, Deletionsmutation, Deletion, Duplikationsmutation, Duplikation, Insertionsmutation, Insertion, Indel, Inversionsmutation, Inversion, Leserastermutation, Punktmutation, Substitution, Spleißmutation
  

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  reversion //ɹəˈvɚʒən// //ɹɪˈvɚʒən// //ɹɪˈvɜːʃ(ə)n̩// //ɹɪˈvɜːʒ(ə)n̩// 
  връщане към
  return

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  reversion /ɹɪvˈɜːʃən/ 
  čekatelství

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  reversion /ɹɪvˈɜːʃən/
   [eko] navrácení (majetku)

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  reversion /ɹɪvˈɜːʃən/
  Rückmutation , Reversion 
     Synonym: back mutation
  
   see: gene mutation, mutation, gene mutations, mutations, deletion mutation, deletion, duplication mutation, duplication, insertion mutation, insertion, indel mutation, indel, inversion mutation, inversion, frameshift mutation, point mutation, substitution mutation, substitution, splicing mutation
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  reversion /ɹɪvˈɜːʃən/
  Rückbesinnung 
           Note: auf
           Note: to

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  reversion /ɹɪvˈɜːʃən/
  Umkehr 
           Note: zu
           Note: to

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  reversion /ɹɪvˈɜːʃən/
  Umkehrung , Umpolung 

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  reversion /ɹɪvˈɜːʃən/ 
  1. लौटना
        "She likes reversion of old fashion."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  reversion /ɹɪvˈɜːʃən/
  atavizam, naslijeđena osobina, vraćanje

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  reversion /ɹɪvˈɜːʃən/
  1. váromány
  2. utódlási jog
  3. visszaháramlás
  4. visszatérés

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  reversion /rɪˈvɜ:ʃən/ 
    nawrót (to - do)

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  reversion /ɹɪvˈɜːʃən/ 
  reversão

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  reversion /ɹɪvˈɜːʃən/
  1. eski haline veya inancına dönme
  2. ters yöne dönme
  3. (biyol.) iki veya daha fazla kuşak boyunca görülmemiş olan ilkel özelliklerin yeniden belirmesi
  4. (huk.) tekrar intikal
  5. bir mülkün bir veya birkaç kişinin kullanımına geçtikten sonra başka belirli bir kimseye kalması. reversional, reversionary  tekrar intikaline ait.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɹɪˈvɝʒən/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  REVERSION, estates. The residue of an estate left in the grantor, to 
  commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate 
  granted out by him; it is also defined to be the return of land to the 
  grantor, and his heirs, after the grant is over. Co. Litt. 142, b. 
       2. The reversion arises by operation of law, and not by deed or will, 
  and it is a vested interest or estate, and in this it differs from a 
  remainder, which can never be limited unless by either deed or devise. 2 Bl. 
  Comm. 175; Cruise, Dig. tit. 17; Plowd. 151; 4 Kent, Comm. 349; 19 Vin. Ab. 
  217; 4 Com. Dig. 27; 7 Com. Dig. 289: 1 Bro. Civil Law, 213 Wood's Inst. 151 
  2 Lill. Ab. 483. A reversion is said to be an incorporeal hereditament. Vide 
  4 Kent, Com. 354. See, generally, 1 Hill. Ab. c. 52, p. 418; 2 Bouv. Inst. 
  n. 1850, et seq. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  124 Moby Thesaurus words for "reversion":
     about-face, about-turn, atavism, back track, back trail, backing,
     backing off, backing out, backing up, backset, backsliding, backup,
     backward deviation, bequeathal, bequest, birthright,
     borough-English, coheirship, coparcenary, copyhold, devolution,
     ectropion, entail, equitable estate, estate at sufferance,
     estate for life, estate for years, estate in expectancy,
     estate in fee, estate in possession, estate tail, eversion,
     falling back, fee, fee simple, fee tail, feod, feodum, feud,
     feudal estate, fief, gavelkind, heirloom, heirship, hereditament,
     heritable, heritage, heritance, improvement,
     incorporeal hereditament, inheritance, instauration, introversion,
     intussusception, invagination, inversion, lapse, law of succession,
     lease, leasehold, legacy, legal estate, line of succession,
     mode of succession, paramount estate, particular estate, patrimony,
     postremogeniture, primogeniture, pronation, reactivation,
     reconstitution, reconversion, recrudescence, recurrence,
     redintegration, reenactment, reestablishment, reformation,
     regression, rehabilitation, reinstatement, reinstation,
     reinstitution, reinvestiture, reinvestment, relapse, remainder,
     renewal, replacement, restitution, restoration, resupination,
     retroflexion, retroversion, return, reversal, reverse, reversing,
     revulsion, right-about, right-about-face, setback, shifting trust,
     shifting use, succession, supination, swingaround, throwback,
     topsy-turviness, topsy-turvydom, transposal, transposition, turn,
     turnabout, turnaround, turning back, turning backwards,
     turning inside out, turning inward, turning over, ultimogeniture,
     vested estate, volte-face
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n.返回(原状,旧习惯),逆转

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 回复,复原,归还,继承权

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