regress

Meanings

Plural: regresses

Noun

the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
returning to a former state
The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
The power or liberty of passing back.
The right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.

Verb

go back to a statistical means
go back to a previous state
get worse or fall back to a previous condition
go back to bad behavior
To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
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.
To move in the retrograde direction.
To reduce in severity or size (as of a tumor), without reaching total remission.
To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.
To interrogate a person in a state of trance about forgotten elements of their past.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

backslide, fall back, lapse, reasoning backward, recidivate, regression, relapse, retrograde, retrogress, retrogression, retroversion, retrovert, return, reversion, revert, turn back

Antonyms

advance, proceed, progress

Scrabble Score: 8

regress is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
regress is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
regress is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

regress is a valid Words With Friends word