the act of reverting, esp a return to an earlier inferior state
a return to an ancestral type or reappearance of an ancestral characteristic; atavism
an organism showing ancestral rather than parental characteristics; a throwback
the right of future possession or enjoyment of something
the right to possess property at some future time, usu on the death of the present owner
the property subject to such a right
the sum to be paid on death in accordance with a life-insurance policy
reversionary adj
[Middle English via French from Latin reversion-, reversio act of returning, from revertere: see revert]