reversion

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French reversion (modern réversion), from Latin reversio, from revertō. By surface analysis, revert +‎ -sion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɹɪˈvɜːʒ(ə)n̩/, /ɹɪˈvɜːʃ(ə)n̩/ (US) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈvɚʒən/, /ɹəˈvɚʒən/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən === Noun === reversion (countable and uncountable, plural reversions) The act or process of reverting something. Hyponyms: reconversion, deconversion Near-synonym: reversal (computing) The act or process of reverting a database to a prior state. Synonym: revert Near-synonym: rollback (sometimes synonymous) The action of returning to a former condition or practice. Synonyms: deconversion, restitution, regression; see also Thesaurus:reversion The fact of being turned the reverse way. The action of turning something the reverse way. (property law) The return of an estate to the donor or grantor after expiry of the grant. (property law) An estate which has been returned in this manner. (property law) The right of succeeding to an estate, or to another possession. The right of succeeding to an office after the death or retirement of the holder. (genetics) The return of a genetic characteristic after a period of suppression. Synonym: backmutation A sum payable on a person's death. (Islam, usually proscribed) The act of conversion to Islam, due to the belief that all people are born Muslim. ==== Usage notes ==== The basic sense is reverting (as nominalization of revert), but also used as reversing (from reanalysis as reverse + -sion), for which the more precise term is reversal. Compare “mean reversion” with “reversal of fortune”. The similar regression has connotations of moving back in time. In the Islamic sense, reversion and revert, although popular colloquially, are objected to as illogical and inaccurate by many Muslims and some of Islam's authority figures on linguistic and theological grounds. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== === Further reading === reversion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia reversion (law) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia reversion (genetics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia reversion (software development) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === overrisen == Old French == === Etymology === Latin reversiō. === Noun === reversion oblique singular, f (oblique plural reversions, nominative singular reversion, nominative plural reversions) return; act of going back return; act of giving back ==== Descendants ==== → English: reversion French: réversion