Noun
The act of returning, or coming back; return.
That which reverts or returns; residue.
The returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him.
Hence, a right to future possession or enjoiment; succession.
A payment which is not to be received, or a benefit which does not begin, until the happening of some event, as the death of a living person.
A return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIs it, in Heav'n, a crime to love too well To bear too tender, or too firm a heart To act a lover's or a Roman's part Is there no bright reversion in the sky, For those who greatly think, or bravely die. Alexander Pope
Evolution ever climbing after some ideal good And Reversion ever dragging Evolution in the mud. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of at the bottom - the old trickle-down theory. Harry S. Truman
My own unryhmed cadences, and those of other writers are a reversion to the real English tradition of Cynewulf. F. S. Flint
I will not change a cottage in possession for a kingdom in reversion. German Proverb
As it is, succeeding stages of the process must be designed to minimize residence times, at least until the temperature reduces to the point where the reversion reaction is very slow. Source: Internet