Definition of regress

noun (n)

• the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: reasoning backward
  

  source: wordnet30
• returning to a former state (noun.act)

  Synonym: regression, retrogression, retroversion, reversion
  

  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
• go back to a previous state (verb.change)

  Synonym: retrovert, return, revert, turn back
  

  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 up
  

  source: wordnet30
• go back to bad behavior (verb.body)

  Synonym: fall back, lapse, recidivate, relapse, retrogress
  

  source: wordnet30
• To go back; to return to a former place or state. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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