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Dictionary: dictd_www.dict.org_gcide
Definition: Regress

Regress \Re"gress\ (r?"gr?s), n. [L. regressus, fr. regredi,
regressus. See Regrede.]
1. The act of passing back; passage back; return;
retrogression. ``The progress or regress of man''. --F.
Harrison.
[1913 Webster]

2. The power or liberty of passing back. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Regress \Re*gress"\ (r?*gr?s"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Regressed
(-gr?st"); p. pr. & vb. n. Regressing.]
To go back; to return to a former place or state. --Sir T.
Browne.
[1913 Webster]

Dictionary: WordNet
Definition: regress

regress
n 1: the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is
true and reason backward to the evidence [syn: {reasoning
backward}]
2: returning to a former state [syn: regression, reversion,
retrogression, retroversion]
v 1: go back to a statistical means
2: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
[syn: revert, return, retrovert, turn back]
3: get worse; fall back to a previous or worse condition [syn:
retrograde, retrogress] [ant: progress]
4: go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often
minor criminals" [syn: relapse, lapse, recidivate, retrogress,
fall back]