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regress

(r/I/'gr/E/s )

noun (n)

the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence(noun.cognition)

Synonym:
reasoning backward

source: wordnet30
returning to a former state(noun.act)

Synonym:
regression, retrogression, retroversion, reversion

source: wordnet30
The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

go back to a statistical means(verb.change)

source: wordnet30
go back to a previous state(verb.change)

Synonym:
retrovert, return, revert, turn back

source: wordnet30
get worse or fall back to a previous condition(verb.change)

Synonym:
retrograde, retrogress
Antonym:
advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up

source: wordnet30
go back to bad behavior(verb.body)

Synonym:
fall back, lapse, recidivate, relapse, retrogress

source: wordnet30
To go back; to return to a former place or state.(verb)

source: webster1913

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