reversion

nouns

(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)
reversion
is derived from
reversionary
domain category
the collection of rules imposed by authority
"civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
jurisprudence, law
is a type of (narrower)
(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
"they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future"
interest, stake
(genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
reversion
domain category
the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
genetic science, genetics
is a type of (narrower)
(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
atavism, reversion, throwback
turning in the opposite direction
reversal, reverse, reversion, turnabout, turnaround
returning to a former state
regress, regression, retrogression, retroversion, reversion
is derived from
revert
a failure to maintain a higher state
backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting