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- nounreversion (noun) · reversions (plural noun)
- lawthe 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"
Originlate 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). Explore further