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   Re·ver·sion

   /rəˈvərZH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. a return to a previous state, practice, or belief: "there was some reversion to polytheism"
   • ▪ the action of reverting to a former or ancestral type: "a problem applicable to most variegated plants is that of reversion"
   • 2. the right, especially of the original owner or their heirs, to possess or succeed to property on the death of the present possessor or at the end of a lease: "the reversion of property"
   • ▪ a property to which someone has the right of reversion: "parties buying and selling leases and reversions"
   • ▪ the right of succession to an office or post after the death or retirement of the holder: "he was given a promise of the reversion of Boraston's job"

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting the action of returning to or from a place): from Old French, or from Latin reversio(n-), from revertere ‘turn back’ (see reverse).

   Scrabble Points: 12

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