reverts

Goes back to

Reverts is the third-person singular of revert, meaning to return to a previous state or condition: The land reverts to wilderness if left untended.

In legal contexts, property reverts to a former owner when conditions are met.

In computing, to revert is to restore an earlier version: She reverts the document to yesterday's draft.

As a noun, reverts names people who return to a previous religion, especially Islam.

relapse

backslide

Revert to bad habits

relapseReturn to former illness
regressRevert to earlier state
fall backWithdraw from advance

slip back · recidivism · regression · deteriorate · decline · worsen · recur · lapse · setback · retrogression

undoing

undo

Reverse a prior action

annulDeclare legally void
cancelRevoke or terminate
nullifyMake of no effect

repeal · rescind · retract · revoke · overturn · abolish · negate · invalidate · roll back · backtrack

returns

return

Go back again

go backMove to previous location
come backReturn after absence
reboundReturn after deflection

restore · homecoming · repatriation · reentry · reappearance · resume · default · original state · baseline · starting point

inheritance

escheat

State inherits heirless estates

estateProperty and grounds
heirOne who receives legacy
propertySomething owned or inherent

beneficiary · succession · intestate · crown · state · legal · title · ownership · bequest · probate

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