Retrogress

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To return to an earlier, inferior, or less complex condition.
  • verb-intransitive. To go or move backward.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To return to an earlier, simpler or worse condition; to regress.
  • v. To go backwards; to retreat.
  • v. To return to bad behaviour; to relapse.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Retrogression.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Retrogradation; falling off; decline.
  • To move backward; retrograde.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. get worse or fall back to a previous condition
  • v. go back to bad behavior
    • Antonym
    progress   
    Verb Form
    retrogressed    retrogresses    retrogressing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    retrovert    regress    revert    turn back    return   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    retrogression   
     
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