Retrogress Definition

rĕtrə-grĕs, rĕtrə-grĕs
retrogresses
verb
retrogresses
To move backward, esp. into an earlier, less complex, or worse condition; decline; degenerate.
Webster's New World
To go or move backward.
American Heritage

(intransitive) To return to bad behaviour; to relapse.

Wiktionary
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Origin of Retrogress

  • Latin retrōgradī *retrōgress- retrō- retro- gradī to go ghredh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin retrōgressus, perfect active participle of retrōgradior (“retrograde").

    From Wiktionary

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