Definition of Regress
Noun: regress ri'gres
- The reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
- reasoning backward
- A return to an earlier state
- regression, reversion, retrogression, retroversion
- Go back to a statistical means
- Go back to a previous state
"We regressed to the old rules";
- revert, return, retrovert, turn back
- Get worse or fall back to a previous condition
- retrograde, retrogress
- Go back to bad behaviour
"Those who regress are often minor criminals";
- relapse, lapse, recidivate, retrogress, fall back
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