(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)
(genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
turning in the opposite direction
[ Syn: reverse , reversal , turnabout , turnaround ]
returning to a former state
[ Syn: regression , regress , retrogression , retroversion ]
a failure to maintain a higher state
[ Syn: backsliding , lapse , lapsing , relapse , relapsing , reverting ]