Antonyms for reversion
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ri-vur-zhuh n, -shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən |
Definition of reversion
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French reversion, from Latin reversionem (nominative reversio) "act of turning back," noun of action from past participle stem of revertere (see revert).
- noun reversal
- noun return to a former state
- "You epitomize it beautifully," said Mr. Caryll, with a reversion to his habitual manner.
- Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
- A reversion to close imperialism would be for her a retrogression.
- Extract from : « Morals of Economic Internationalism » by John A. Hobson
- I used the word 'atavism' to mean a reversion to the primitive.
- Extract from : « Measure for a Loner » by James Judson Harmon
- They are only playing each other's rôles, because the poles have swung into reversion.
- Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
- War is neither an overflow of energy nor a reversion to primitive states.
- Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
- The psychologist tends to see in war a reversion, a lapse to barbarism.
- Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
- For the lease could not, and the reversion would not be likely to, go by disseisin.
- Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
- La Dolciquita liked this reversion, and he passed the night in her bed.
- Extract from : « The Good Soldier » by Ford Madox Ford
- In short, the process of reversion is carried on on a wholesale scale.
- Extract from : « Manures and the principles of manuring » by Charles Morton Aikman
- I have no evidence of the reversion of all characters in a variety.
- Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin
Synonyms for reversion
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