reversion
12 synonyms for reversion, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The act of changing something back to how it was before.
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Etymology
Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French reversion (modern réversion), from Latin reversio, from revertō. By surface analysis, revert + -sion.
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