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Regress

//ˈɹiːˌɡɹɛs// noun, verb

Noun

1
The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. countable, uncountable
"Its bearing on the progress or regress of man is not an inconsiderable question."
2
returning to a former state wordnet
3
The power or liberty of passing back. countable, uncountable
"Thou shalt have egresse and regresse."
4
the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence wordnet
5
The right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property. countable, uncountable

Verb

1
To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve. intransitive
2
go back to bad behavior wordnet
3
To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.; To re-develop behavior one had previously grown out of, particularly a behavior left behind in childhood. intransitive
"Your nightmares stopped when you were eight years old, but after the house burned down, you regressed."
4
get worse or fall back to a previous condition wordnet
5
To move in the retrograde direction. intransitive

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6
go back to a previous state wordnet
7
To reduce in severity or size (as of a tumor), without reaching total remission. intransitive
8
go back to a statistical means wordnet
9
To perform a regression on an explanatory variable. transitive
"When we regress Y on X, we use the values of variable X to predict those of Y."
10
To interrogate a person in a state of trance about forgotten elements of their past. transitive
"They regressed me, putting me under hypnosis. Then, through the hypnosis, they found out that our car was abducted right off the road and into a craft."

Etymology 1

(verb) From Latin regressus, past participle of regredior (“to go back”), from re- (“back”) + gradior (“to go”). Doublet of regressus.

Etymology 2

(verb) From Latin regressus, past participle of regredior (“to go back”), from re- (“back”) + gradior (“to go”). Doublet of regressus.

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