A reversionto a previous state, system, or kind of behaviour is a change back to it.
Most of us learnt to fish as children, and so going fishing is a reversion to a stateof uncomplicatedness. [+ to]
...a reversion to the emotions of her baby years.
2. variable noun
Thereversionof land or property to a person, family, or country is the return to them of the ownership or control of the land or property.
[law]
reversion in British English
(rɪˈvɜːʃən)
noun
1.
a return to or towards an earlier condition, practice, or belief; act of reverting
2.
the act of reversing or the state of being reversed; reversal
3. biology
a.
the return of individuals, organs, etc, to a more primitive condition or type
b.
the reappearance of primitive characteristics in an individual or group
4. property law
a.
an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor or his or her heirs at the end of a period, esp at the end of the life of a grantee
b.
an estate so reverting
c.
the right to succeed to such an estate
5.
the benefit payable on the death of a life-insurance policyholder
Derived forms
reversionally (reˈversionally)
adverb
reversionary (reˈversionary) or reversional (reˈversional)
adjective
reversion in American English
(rɪˈvɜrʒən; rɪˈvɜrʃən)
noun
1.
a turning or being turned the opposite way; reversal
2.
a reverting, or returning, as to a former state, custom, or belief
3. Biology
a.
a return to a former or primitive type; atavism
b.
the return, or reappearance, of characteristics present in early ancestral generations but not in those that have intervened
c.
an individual or organism with such characteristics
4. Law
a.
the right of succession, future possession, or enjoyment
b.
the return of an estate to the grantor or the grantor's heirs by operation of law after the period of grant is over
c.
an estate so returning
Derived forms
reversionary (reˈversionˌary)
adjective or reˈversional
Word origin
ME < MFr < L reversio < reversus: see reverse
reversion in Insurance
(rɪvɜrʒən)
noun
(Insurance: Life insurance)
Reversion is a system by which a property owner sells part of their property to an insurance company while still having the right to live there.
With a reversion plan, the home is sold to an insurance company that then pays a regular income tothe owner.
Because the money from the home reversion scheme is provided upfront and you continue to live in your home rent free, you'llget less than the full market value of the share of the property that you sell.
Reversion is a system by which a property owner sells part of their property to an insurancecompany while still having the right to live there.
Examples of 'reversion' in a sentence
reversion
For a moment, there would be a shimmer of gold, purple, emerald green and rust, then the reversion to slate grey.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2003)
With the death of the suburbs and the farms had come a reversion to an almost prehistoric tranquillity in the Sacramento Valley.