A return or reversal to a former state
“The residual land is only suitable for residential development or reversion to its natural state.”
A return to a worse state
“Vico was not advocating mankind's reversion to a state of barbarism.”
A change to an opposite direction or position
“This seemed all but impossible without a near-complete reversion in course.”
A change of mind or opinion (to an earlier point of view)
“The increase in the visible supply is depressing to those who had been bullish on the market, and there has been a decided reversion in opinion.”
The loss of faith in a given religion and return to a previously held religion or non-religion (typically atheism, agnosticism, or rationalism)
An act of repeating, or going back to, an earlier state or situation
A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations
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