Synonyms and Antonyms of reversion

(noun.event)
atavism, throwback
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic (noun.event)
(noun.act)
reversal, reverse, turnabout, turnaround
turning in the opposite direction (noun.act)
(noun.act)
regress, regression, retrogression, retroversion
returning to a former state (noun.act)
(noun.act)
backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reverting
a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

(genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation) (noun.event)

chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation
(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism (noun.event)
(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) (noun.possession)

interest, stake
(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something (noun.possession)
a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

failure
an act that fails (noun.act)
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic (noun.event)

recurrence, return
happening again (especially at regular intervals) (noun.event)
returning to a former state (noun.act)

reversal
a change from one state to the opposite state (noun.act)
turning in the opposite direction (noun.act)

change of direction, reorientation
the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented (noun.act)

(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) (noun.possession)

escheat
a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs (noun.possession)
a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

recidivism
habitual relapse into crime (noun.act)
turning in the opposite direction (noun.act)

about turn, about-face
act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation (noun.act)
(noun.act)
u-turn
complete reversal of direction of travel (noun.act)

(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) (noun.possession)

reversionary
of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion) (adj.pert)
a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogress
go back to bad behavior (verb.body)
(verb.change)
backslide, lapse
drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards (verb.change)
(verb.change)
get worse, relapse
deteriorate in health (verb.change)
(verb.change)
regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back
go back to a previous state (verb.change)
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic (noun.event)

atavist, throwback
an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism (noun.person)
returning to a former state (noun.act)

regress, retrograde, retrogress
get worse or fall back to a previous condition (verb.change)
turning in the opposite direction (noun.act)

change by reversal, reverse, turn
change to the contrary (verb.change)
(verb.change)
invert, reverse, turn back
turn inside out or upside down (verb.change)
(adj.all)
inverse, reverse
reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect (adj.all)

(genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation) (noun.event)

genetic science, genetics
the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms (noun.cognition)
(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) (noun.possession)

jurisprudence, law
the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

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