reversion

Etymology
Borrowed into late from  (modern ), from, from. .

Noun

 * 1) The action of reverting something.
 * 2) The action of returning to a former condition or practice.
 * 3) The fact of being turned the reverse way.
 * 4) The action of turning something the reverse way.
 * 5)  The return of an estate to the donor or grantor after expiry of the grant.
 * 6)  An estate which has been returned in this manner.
 * 7)  The right of succeeding to an estate, or to another possession.
 * 8) The right of succeeding to an office after the death or retirement of the holder.
 * 9)  The return of a genetic characteristic after a period of suppression.
 * 10) A sum payable on a person's death.
 * 11)  The act of conversion to Islam, due to the belief that all people are born Muslim.
 * 1)  An estate which has been returned in this manner.
 * 2)  The right of succeeding to an estate, or to another possession.
 * 3) The right of succeeding to an office after the death or retirement of the holder.
 * 4)  The return of a genetic characteristic after a period of suppression.
 * 5) A sum payable on a person's death.
 * 6)  The act of conversion to Islam, due to the belief that all people are born Muslim.
 * 1)  The act of conversion to Islam, due to the belief that all people are born Muslim.

Usage notes
The basic sense is (as nominalization of ), but also used as  (from reanalysis as  + ), for which the more precise term is. Compare “” with “reversal of fortune”. The similar has connotations of moving back in time.

In the Islamic sense, reversion and revert, although popular colloquially, are objected to as illogical and inaccurate by many Muslims and some of Islam's authority figures on linguistic and theological grounds.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: връщане към
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Latin: reversiō


 * Dutch: ,

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) return; act of going back
 * 2) return; act of giving back