reversions

1. (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)Synonyms: reversion

2. (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)Synonyms: reversion

3. a reappearance of an earlier characteristicSynonyms: atavism, reversion, throwback

4. turning in the opposite directionSynonyms: reversal, reverse, reversion, turnabout, turnaround

5. returning to a former stateSynonyms: regress, regression, retrogression, retroversion, reversion

6. a failure to maintain a higher stateSynonyms: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting