reversion

Definitions of reversion in various dictionaries:

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

noun - a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

noun - turning in the opposite direction

noun - returning to a former state

noun - a failure to maintain a higher state

A return to a former condition, belief, or interest.

A turning away or in the opposite direction; a reversal.

A return to the normal phenotype, usually by a second mutation.

Law.

The return of an estate to the grantor or to the grantor’s heirs or successor after the grant has expired.

The estate thus returned.

The right to succeed to an estate.

noun - an account or description from a particular point of view