reversion
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
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)
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- reversionary derivation
- law domain topic
Sense 2 noun
(genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
Types & categories
- genetic mutation hypernym
Related & opposite
- genetics domain topic
Sense 3 noun
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
Types & categories
- recurrence hypernym
Related & opposite
- throwback derivation
Sense 4 noun
turning in the opposite direction
Types & categories
- change of direction hypernym
- about-face hyponym
- u-turn hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
returning to a former state
Types & categories
- reversal hypernym
Related & opposite
- retrogress derivation
- revert derivation
Sense 6 noun
a failure to maintain a higher state
Types & categories
- failure hypernym
- recidivism hyponym
Related & opposite
- recidivate derivation
- backslide derivation
- relapse derivation
- revert derivation
Table view of this graph
| 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 |