reversion
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
reversion
- The action of reverting something.
- The action of returning to a former condition or practice; reversal.
- The fact of being turned the reverse way.
- The action of turning something the reverse way.
- (legal) The return of an estate to the donor or grantor after expiry of the grant.
- 1822, Lord Byron, The Vision of Judgement, stanza 6:
- Each day too slew it’s
[ sic] thousands six or seven,
Till at the crowning carnage—Waterloo—
They threw their pens down in divine disgust,
The page was so besmeared with blood and dust. […]
(Here, Sathan’s sole good work deserves insertion—
’Tis, that he has both Generals in reversion).
- Each day too slew it’s
- 1822, Lord Byron, The Vision of Judgement, stanza 6:
- (legal) An estate which has been returned in this manner.
- (legal) The right of succeeding to an estate, or to another possession.
- The right of succeeding to an office after the death or retirement of the holder.
- The return of a genetic characteristic after a period of suppression.
- A sum payable on a person's death.
- (returning to a previous state) regression
- (reversing) reversal
- French: retour
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