reversion

Meanings

• (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)
• (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
• a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
• turning in the opposite direction
• returning to a former state
• a failure to maintain a higher state

Synonyms

atavism, backsliding, lapse, lapsing, regress, regression, relapse, relapsing, retrogression, retroversion, reversal, reverse, reverting, throwback, turnabout, turnaround