"reversions" in the noun sense

1. reversion

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. reversion

genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)

3. atavism, reversion, throwback

a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

4. reversion, reverse, reversal, turnabout, turnaround

turning in the opposite direction

5. regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion

returning to a former state

6. backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting

a failure to maintain a higher state

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