To regress is to return to a former state or condition, and not usually in a good way. It often means "relapse" or "get worse."
The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".
Noun
returning to a former state
Noun
the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
Verb
go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
Verb
get worse; fall back to a previous or worse condition
Verb
go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
Verb
go back to a statistical means
n.
The act of passing back; passage back; return;
retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".
n.
The power or liberty of passing back.
v. i.
To go back; to return to a former place or state.
Regress
Regress
The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".
To go back; to return to a former place or state.
Usage Examples
As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.
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Other Usage ExamplesI know children regress after vaccination because it happened to my own son. Why aren't there any tests out there on the safety of how vaccines are administered in the real world, six at a time? Why have only two of the 36 shots our kids receive been looked at for their relationship to autism?