regress

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
2. (countable, uncountable) The power or liberty of passing back.
3. (countable, uncountable) The right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
2. (intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
3. (intransitive) To move in the retrograde direction.
4. (intransitive) To reduce in severity or size (as of a tumor), without reaching total remission.
5. (transitive) To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.
6. (transitive) To interrogate a person in a state of trance about forgotten elements of their past.

Synonyms

retrogress

relapse

fall back

revert

retrogression

recede

return

retreat

back up

backslide

retrograde

reversion

retroversion

degenerate

reasoning backward

delay

go back

recidivate

recoil

step back

turn back

walk back

regression

lapse

go backward

move backward

retrovert

recovery

regurgitate

resist

retire

retrace

send back

set back

shelve

shrink

step aside

accommodate

yield

fall backwards

go backwards

throw back

withdraw

adjourn

allow

assign

backtrack

backward

bow out

budge

Translations

reculer

retroceder

regredire

teruggaan

οπισθοδρομώ

retroceso

achteruitgaan

οπισθοχώρηση

régresser

übertragen

Rückschritt

nachgeben

عاد

stunden

rückwärts

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹiːˌɡɹɛs/

Etymology

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