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reversion

  • /ɹɪˈvɜːʒ(ə)n̩/
  • /ɹɪˈvɜːʃ(ə)n̩/
  • /ɹɪˈvɚʒən/ US
  • /ɹəˈvɚʒən/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən

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Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French reversion (modern réversion), from Latin reversio, from revertō. By surface analysis, revert + -sion.

noun reversions

  1. countable, uncountable The act or process of reverting something. Near-synonym: reversal

    Similar: reversal

  2. countable, uncountable The act or process of reverting a database to a prior state. Near-synonym: rollback (sometimes synonymous)

    Similar: reversal, revert, rollback

  3. countable, uncountable The action of returning to a former condition or practice. With its lavish brass and copperwork, this [bright chocolate] seemed a trifle too gay and unbecoming for a G.W.R. locomotive, and apparently the Company soon shared this view for there was a reversion to the standard Brunswick green.

    Similar: deconversion, restitution, regression

  4. countable, uncountable The fact of being turned the reverse way.
  5. countable, uncountable The action of turning something the reverse way.
  6. countable, uncountable The return of an estate to the donor or grantor after expiry of the grant. Why nothing capital of my master's wardrobe has drop'd lately—but I could give you a mortgage on some of his winter Cloaths with equity of redemption before November or—you shall have the reversion—of the French velvet, or a post obit on the Blue and Silver—
  7. countable, uncountable An estate which has been returned in this manner.
  8. countable, uncountable The right of succeeding to an estate, or to another possession.
  9. countable, uncountable The right of succeeding to an office after the death or retirement of the holder.
  10. countable, uncountable The return of a genetic characteristic after a period of suppression.

    Similar: backmutation

  11. countable, uncountable A sum payable on a person's death.
  12. countable, proscribed, uncountable, usually The act of conversion to Islam, due to the belief that all people are born Muslim.

Similar: deconversion, regression, restitution, restoration, reversion, step back · Opposite: conversion

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noun

Similar: deconversion, regression, restitution, restoration, reversion, step back · Opposite: conversion

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noun return

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"reversion." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/reversion. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"reversion." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/reversion.

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@misc{reversion_2026,
  title = {reversion},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reversion},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}