reversion
Return to earlier
Reversion is a return to a previous state, condition, or practice.
In biology, it describes an organism reverting to ancestral traits.
In law, reversion is the return of property to its original owner or their heirs after a lease or grant expires: The land will undergo reversion to the estate upon the tenant's death.
To revert is the verb form.
Permanent DNA alteration
- atavismReturn to ancestral type
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- alleleGene variant at one locus
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
genotype · wild-type · throwback · trait · heredity · dominant · recessive · expression
Return to former illness
- backslideRevert to bad habits
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- regressionReturn to former state
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
setback · deterioration · falling back · temptation · recovery · addiction · sobriety · lapse
Property received from ancestors
- bequestGift left by will
- estateProperty and grounds
- patrimonyInherited estate or legacy
- entailmentLogical necessity from premises
succession · primogeniture · devise · beneficiary · heir · title · property · land
Return to previous position
- returnGo back again
- rollbackReturn to prior condition
- restorationReturning something to condition
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
undoing · reset · original state · baseline · default · status quo ante · former state · renewal
Return to former state
- infantileCharacteristic of infants
- primitiveIn earliest form
- defense mechanismUnconscious self-protective mental process
- traumaLasting psychological wound
stress · coping · fixation · psychoanalysis · Freudian · developmental · childhood · retreat
mutation
Permanent DNA alteration
phenotype · genotype · wild-type · throwback · trait · heredity · dominant · recessive · expression · variant
relapse
Return to former illness
- backslideRevert to bad habits
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- regressionReturn to former state
recidivism · setback · deterioration · falling back · temptation · recovery · addiction · sobriety · lapse · return
inheritance
Property received from ancestors
entailment · succession · primogeniture · devise · beneficiary · heir · title · property · land · tenure
reinstatement
Return to previous position
- returnGo back again
- rollbackReturn to prior condition
- restorationReturning something to condition
recovery · undoing · reset · original state · baseline · default · status quo ante · former state · renewal
regression
Return to former state
- infantileCharacteristic of infants
- primitiveIn earliest form
- defense mechanismUnconscious self-protective mental process
trauma · stress · coping · fixation · psychoanalysis · Freudian · developmental · childhood · retreat
rollback
Return to prior condition
changelog · commit · repository · git · checkout · reset · downgrade · patch · snapshot · merge
- reversalsundo, overturn, flip, invert, backtrack
- returnsreturn, rebound, comeback, bounce back, give back
- dawahinvitation, proselytism, proselytizing, invitation cards, preaching
- hereditamentsland, freehold, leasehold, life estate, realty
- Hypercomplex Mathquaternion, Clifford algebra, rotor, rotors, blade
- land lawleasehold, freehold, easement, easements, land title
reversionprogression
Sequential forward movement
advancement · progress · evolution · development · growth
reversionalienation
State of being isolated
conveyance · transfer · grant · assignment · bequest
- reversing gearsShifting to retreat
- reversible beltBelt worn either side
- reversible laneRoadway with changeable direction
reversing, irreversible, reversible, reversibility, reversibly, reversions, reversibles