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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'reversion' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) reversion
(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: lapsing, retrogression, reverting, reverse, relapse, lapse, turnabout, reversal, regression, relapsing, atavism, throwback, turnaround, retroversion, backsliding, regress

2. (noun) reversion
(genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
Synonyms: lapsing, retrogression, reverting, reverse, relapse, lapse, turnabout, reversal, regression, relapsing, atavism, throwback, turnaround, retroversion, backsliding, regress

3. (noun) atavism, reversion, throwback
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
Synonyms: reverting, reversal, turnabout, turnaround, relapsing, lapse, regress, backsliding, lapsing, throwback, regression, reverse, atavism, atavist, retrogression, relapse, retroversion, reversion

4. (noun) reversion, reverse, reversal, turnabout, turnaround
turning in the opposite direction
Synonyms: reverting, policy change, reversal, turnabout, turnaround, contrary, relapsing, lapse, about-face, regress, change of mind, backsliding, lapsing, throwback, regression, reverse, atavism, setback, verso, turnaround time, flip-flop, retrogression, black eye, volte-face, turn around, turnround, relapse, blow, transposition, opposite, retroversion, reversion, reverse gear

5. (noun) regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion
returning to a former state
Synonyms: infantile fixation, lapse, simple regression, reversal, regression toward the mean, fixation, turnaround, arrested development, relapsing, retrogression, retroflection, regress, reasoning backward, backsliding, lapsing, throwback, regression, reverse, atavism, turnabout, reverting, relapse, statistical regression, retroversion, degeneration, reversion, retroflexion

6. (noun) backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
a failure to maintain a higher state
Synonyms: reversal, atavism, lapse, oversight, turnaround, relapsing, regress, backsliding, lapsing, throwback, regression, turnabout, reverse, reverting, relapse, retrogression, reversion, retroversion


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