1 a the legal right (esp. of the original owner, or his or her heirs) to possess or succeed to property on the death of the present possessor. b property to which a person has such a right.
2 Biol. a return to ancestral type.
3 a return to a previous state, habit, etc.
4 a sum payable on a person's death, esp. by way of life insurance.
Derivatives:
reversional adj. reversionary adj.
Etymology: ME f. OF reversion or L reversio (as REVERSE)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.