[ rɪ'və:ʃ(ə)n ]
■ noun
1》 a return to a previous state, practice, or belief.
↘ Biology the action of reverting to a former or ancestral type.
2》 Law the right to possess or succeed to property on the death of the present possessor or at the end of a lease.
↘a property to which someone has such a right.
3》 a sum payable on a person's death, especially by way of life insurance.
Derivatives
~ary adjective