- [uncountable, singular] reversion (to something) (formal)
the act or process of returning to a former state or condition 倒退；回复；回归 a reversion to traditional farming methods 传统耕作方法的回归
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law 法律 the return of land or property to somebody （土地或财产的）归还，归属原主 the reversion of Hong Kong to China 香港回归中国
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the action of returning to or from a place): from Old French, or from Latin reversio(n-), from revertere ‘turn back’, from re- ‘back’ + vertere ‘to turn’.