1 [mass noun] a return to a previous state, practice, or belief:there was some reversion to polytheism [in singular]:a reversion to the two-party system
Biology the action of reverting to a former or ancestral type:a problem applicable to most variegated plants is that of reversion
2 [mass noun] Law the right, especially of the original owner or their heirs, to possess or succeed to property on the death of the present possessor or at the end of a lease:the reversion of property
[count noun] a property to which someone has the right of reversion:parties buying and selling leases and reversions
the right of succession to an office or post after the death or retirement of the holder:he was given a promise of the reversion of Boraston’s job
3a sum payable on a person’s death, especially by way of life insurance.
4 (also reversion disease) [mass noun] an incurable disease of the blackcurrant transmitted by the blackcurrant gall mite.
