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reversion

noun
  1. a failure to maintain a higher state
    backsliding
  2. returning to a former state
    retrogressionretroversionregressionregress
  3. turning in the opposite direction
    reversalturnaboutturnaroundreverse
  4. a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
    atavismthrowback
  5. a return to a normal phenotype, usually resulting from a second mutation
    “The only explanation for the natural coat color was a reversion.”
  6. (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)