reversion Synonyms
Another word for reversion
• noun (Context 1)
A return to a previous state, practice, condition, or habit.
"After several weeks of organizational reform, the department experienced a gradual return to its old bureaucratic habits."
• noun (Context 2)
In law, the return of an estate or intellectual property right to the original grantor or their heirs after a specified period or lease expires, or the future interest itself.
"The author's estate exercised its right of copyright escheat thirty-five years after the original publication contract was signed."
• noun (Context 3)
In biology, the reappearance of an ancestral genetic trait in an organism after being absent for one or more generations, or a reverse mutation that restores the wild-type phenotype.
"Variegated garden shrubs occasionally show a genetic atavism, producing vigorous branches with plain green leaves."
Opposites of reversion
The opposite of reversion shifts depending on context. Common opposites include: