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Regress means to go back to a worse or less developed state.

(verb)

An example of to regress is to return to the habit of smoking cigarettes.

Regress is defined as the act of going back to a worse state.

(noun)

An example of a regress is a return to a previously-held job that paid less.

See regress in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a going or coming back
the right or privilege of this
backward movement; retrogression

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

intransitive verb

to go back; return; move backward
to undergo regression

Related Forms:

regressor noun

See regress in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb re·gressed, re·gress·ing, re·gress·es

verb, intransitive

To go back; move backward.
To return to a previous, usually worse or less developed state.
To have a tendency to approach or go back to a statistical mean.

verb, transitive
Psychology

To induce a state of regression in.

noun (rēˈgrĕsˌ)

a. The act of going or coming back; return.
b. Passage back; reentry.
The act of reasoning backward from an effect to a cause.

Origin:

Origin: Latin regredī, regress-

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + gradī, to go; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

re·gresˈsor noun

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