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Noun reversion has 6 senses

reversion - (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)
--₁ is a kind of interest, stake
--₁ has particulars: escheat
reversion - a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
--₂ is a kind of mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation
atavism, reversion, throwback - a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
--₃ is a kind of recurrence, return
reversion, reverse, reversal, turnabout, turnaround - turning in the opposite direction
--₄ is a kind of change of direction, reorientation
--₄ has particulars: about-face, about turn; u-turn
regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion - returning to a former state
--₅ is a kind of reversal

Derived form: verb revert₁
backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting - a failure to maintain a higher state
--₆ is a kind of failure
--₆ has particulars: recidivism