n.
1.(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)
2.a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
3.a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
4.turning in the opposite direction
5.returning to a former state
6.a failure to maintain a higher state
Idiom of the Day
shake off an illness or shake an illness off
to become well or healthy again
My friend is unable to shake off her illness and cannot come to the party.