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regress definition

re·gress (rē′gres; for v. ri gres′)

noun

  1. a going or coming back
  2. the right or privilege of this
  3. backward movement; retrogression

Etymology: ME regresse < L regressus, pp. of regredi, to go back, return < re-, back + gradi, to go: see grade

intransitive verb

  1. to go back; return; move backward
  2. to undergo regression

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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