noun
Meaning 1
The act or process of reverting something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Near-synonym: reversal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reversal
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
reversion
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/ɹɪˈvɜːʒ(ə)n̩/
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US: /ɹɪˈvɚʒən/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən
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noun
Meaning 2
The act or process of reverting something.
The act or process of reverting a database to a prior state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- Near-synonym: rollback (sometimes synonymous)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reversal, revert, rollback
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The action of returning to a former condition or practice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deconversion, restitution, regression
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The fact of being turned the reverse way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The action of turning something the reverse way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
The return of an estate to the donor or grantor after expiry of the grant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law, property
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
An estate which has been returned in this manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law, property
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
The right of succeeding to an estate, or to another possession.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law, property
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
The right of succeeding to an office after the death or retirement of the holder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
The return of a genetic characteristic after a period of suppression.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: backmutation
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
A sum payable on a person's death.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
The act of conversion to Islam, due to the belief that all people are born Muslim.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, proscribed, uncountable, usually
Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
a failure to maintain a higher state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reverting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: failure
Narrower terms: recidivism
noun
Meaning 14
returning to a former state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: regression, regress, retrogression, retroversion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reversal
noun
Meaning 15
turning in the opposite direction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reverse, reversal, turnabout, turnaround
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change of direction, reorientation
Narrower terms: about-face, about turn, u-turn
noun
Meaning 16
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: atavism, throwback
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: recurrence, return
noun
Meaning 17
(genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation
noun
Meaning 18
(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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: interest, stake
Narrower terms: escheat
History
Etymology
Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French reversion (modern réversion), from Latin reversio, from revertō. By surface analysis, revert + -sion.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: връщане към (vrǎštane kǎm) — return
- Dutch: terugkeer — return
- French: retour — return
- Latin: reversiō — return
- Dutch: terugkeer — the return of an estate
- Dutch: erfrecht — the return of an estate
Real reading context