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inversion collapse: the act of turning inside out; turning upside down; setting on end; a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex; (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa; (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed; the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer; a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa; abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)

heirloom collapse: something that has been in a family for generations; (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance

copyhold collapse: a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services

turnaround collapse: act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip; an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around; time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip

recrudescence collapse: a return of something after a period of abatement; "a recrudescence of racism"; "a recrudescence of the symptoms"

reinstatement collapse: the act of restoring someone to a previous position; "we insisted on the reinstatement of the colonel"; the condition of being reinstated; "her reinstatement to her former office followed quickly"

birthright collapse: personal characteristics that are inherited at birth; a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth; "free public education is the birthright of every American child"; an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)

primogeniture collapse: right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son

rehabilitation collapse: the restoration of someone to a useful place in society; the treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises; vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's reputation

heritage collapse: practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; "a heritage of freedom"

inheritance collapse: hereditary succession to a title or an office or property; any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"; (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents; that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

introversion collapse: (psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings

reclamation collapse: the recovery of useful substances from waste products; rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; "the reclamation of delinquent children"; the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

fee simple collapse: a fee without limitation to any class of heirs; they can sell it or give it away

entail collapse: the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple; land received by fee tail; impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?"; have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

restitution collapse: getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"; the act of restoring something to its original state

replacement collapse: the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy"

relapse collapse: go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

remainder collapse: the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend; the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor; something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"; sell cheaply as remainders; "The publisher remaindered the books"

recurrence collapse: happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring"

backup collapse: (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device; "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally damaged or erased"; an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage; "a traffic backup on the main street"; "he discovered a backup in the toilet"

alternation collapse: successive change from one thing or state to another and back again; being regularly exchangeable

fee collapse: an interest in land capable of being inherited; a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services

lease collapse: a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment; property that is leased or rented out or let; the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect; engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"; grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"

reformation collapse: a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches; improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs

transposition collapse: (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards; the act of reversing the order or place of; (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance; "he wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition"; (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign; (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome; any abnormal position of the organs of the body

regress collapse: the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence; get worse or fall back to a previous condition; go back to a statistical means

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