reversion
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Sense 1 noun
(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)
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Sense 2 noun
(genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
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Sense 3 noun
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
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Sense 4 noun
turning in the opposite direction
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Sense 5 noun
returning to a former state
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Sense 6 noun
a failure to maintain a higher state
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reversionary |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | stake |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | escheat |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | genetics |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | genetic mutation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | throwback |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | recurrence |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | reverse |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | reverse |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | inverse |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change of direction |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | about-face |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | u-turn |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | retrogress |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | revert |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | reversal |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | recidivate |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | backslide |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | relapse |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | revert |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | failure |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | recidivism |