retrogress

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To return to an earlier, simpler or worse condition; to regress.
2. (intransitive) To go backwards; to retreat.
3. (intransitive) To return to bad behaviour; to relapse.

Noun

A retrogression.

Synonyms

regress

retrograde

fall back

go backward

recede

relapse

back up

backslide

retreat

lapse

recidivate

recoil

step back

delay

procrastinate

pull back

push back

put off

recur

resist

retire

return

send back

set back

shelve

shrink

walk back

withdraw

yield

fall backwards

go backwards

lose ground

move backwards

throw back

accommodate

walk backwards

adjourn

assign

backtrack

bow out

cede

defer

draw back

drop

flinch

give back

give way

grant

postpone

Translations

retroceder

regredire

reculer

teruggaan

achteruitgaan

zedieren

weichen

zurückweichen

übertragen

retardar

abtreten

aufschieben

einräumen

fristen

vertagen

Etymology

From Latin retrōgressus, perfect active participle of retrōgradior (“retrograde”).