English to English
regress
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noun (n)
- the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence(noun.cognition)source: wordnet30
- returning to a former state(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- go back to a statistical means(verb.change)source: wordnet30
- get worse or fall back to a previous condition(verb.change)Synonym:
retrograde, retrogress
Antonym:
advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape upsource: wordnet30 - go back to bad behavior(verb.body)source: wordnet30
- To go back; to return to a former place or state.(verb)source: webster1913