Hyphenation of reversion

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word reversion? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

re-ver-sion

Definitions of reversion:

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.	(genetics) 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

Synonyms of reversion:

noun	interest, stake
noun	mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation
noun	atavism, throwback, recurrence, return
noun	reverse, reversal, turnabout, turnaround, change of direction, reorientation
noun	regression, regress, retrogression, retroversion, reversal
noun	backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reverting, failure

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.