reversion

US //ɹɪˈvɝʒən// UK //ɹɪvˈɜːʃən// re·ver·sion

Synonyms

atavism
regress
regression
retrogression
retroversion
reversal
reverse
throwback
turnabout
turnaround

Origin

Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French reversion (modern réversion), from Latin reversio, from revertō. By surface analysis, revert + -sion.