Antonyms for reversion
rɪˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃənre·ver·sion

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1. • Change Of Direction
   • Failure
   • Genetics
   • Interest
   • Law
   • Mutation
   • Recurrence
   • Reversal

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1. reversionnoun

   (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. reversionnoun

   (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. atavism, reversion, throwbacknoun

   a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

   Synonyms:
   reverting, reversal, turnabout, turnaround, relapsing, lapse, regress, backsliding, lapsing, throwback, regression, reverse, atavism, atavist, retrogression, relapse, retroversion

4. reversion, reverse, reversal, turnabout, turnaroundnoun

   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, reverse gear

5. regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversionnoun

   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, retroflexion

6. backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, revertingnoun

   a failure to maintain a higher state

   Synonyms:
   reversal, atavism, lapse, oversight, turnaround, relapsing, regress, backsliding, lapsing, throwback, regression, turnabout, reverse, reverting, relapse, retrogression, retroversion

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1. reversionnoun

   Synonyms:
   succession, atavism, escheat

How to use reversion in a sentence?

1. Ashwin Alankar:

   China has been a dog over the last two years relative to the rest of the world, so we're starting to see some reversion to the mean.

2. Dejan Ilijevski:

   Technical and fundamental analysis is usually useless as a trading edge,[...] Mindless strategies like mean reversion work until they don't and you suffer a blowout. Fundamentals are priced in. And no one can predict tomorrow's news.

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