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    re·ver·sion
    [rəˈvərZH(ə)n, rəˈvərSHən]
    noun
    reversion (noun) · reversions (plural noun)
    1. a return to a previous state, practice, or belief:
      "there was some reversion to polytheism" · "a reversion to the two-party system"
      • biology
        the action of reverting to a former or ancestral type:
        "a problem applicable to most variegated plants is that of reversion"
    2. law
      the right, especially of the original owner or their heirs, to possess or succeed to property on the death of the present possessor or at the end of a lease:
      "the reversion of property"
      • a property to which someone has the right of reversion:
        "parties buying and selling leases and reversions"
      • the right of succession to an office or post after the death or retirement of the holder:
        "he was given a promise of the reversion of Boraston's job"
    Origin
    late Middle English (denoting the action of returning to or from a place): from Old French, or from Latin reversio(n-), from revertere ‘turn back’ (see reverse).
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