reversion
ETYM French réversion, Latin reversio a turning back. Related to Revert.
1. Turning in the opposite direction; SYN. reverse, reversal, turnabout, turnaround.
2. (Law) An interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee).
atavism · backsliding · lapse · lapsing · regress · regression · relapse · relapsing · retrogression · retroversion · reversal · reverse · reverting · throwback · turnabout · turnaround
reversible reaction · reversibly · reversing · reversing thermometer · reversion · reversional · reversionary · reversionary annuity · reversioner · reversion of polarity