'Regress' definitions:
Definition of 'regress'
(from WordNet)
noun
The reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence [syn: regress, reasoning backward]
noun
verb
Go back to a statistical means
verb
Go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" [syn: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back]
verb
Get worse or fall back to a previous condition [syn: regress, retrograde, retrogress] [ant: advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up]
verb
Go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" [syn: relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back]
Definition of 'Regress'
From: GCIDE
- Regress \Re"gress\ (r?"gr?s), n. [L. regressus, fr. regredi, regressus. See Regrede.]
- 1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man". --F. Harrison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The power or liberty of passing back. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Regress'
From: GCIDE
- Regress \Re*gress"\ (r?*gr?s"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Regressed (-gr?st"); p. pr. & vb. n. Regressing.] To go back; to return to a former place or state. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'regress'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about-face,
- advance,
- ascend,
- back,
- back up,
- backing,
- backset,
- backslide,
- backsliding,
- backward motion,
- backward step,
- budge,
- change,
- change place,
- circle,
- climb,
- cock,
- come after,
- come last,
- degenerate,
- descend,
- deteriorate,
- disenchantment,
- disimprove,
- ebb,
- fall,
- fall again into,
- fall astern,
- fall back,
- fall behind,
- fall from grace,
- flip-flop,
- flow,
- follow,
- get behind,
- get over,
- get worse,
- go,
- go around,
- go back,
- go backwards,
- go behind,
- go round,
- go sideways,
- grow worse,
- gyrate,
- have a relapse,
- jerk back,
- lag behind,
- lapse,
- lapse back,
- let down,
- lose ground,
- mount,
- move,
- move over,
- plunge,
- progress,
- pull back,
- reaction,
- recede,
- recession,
- recidivate,
- recidivation,
- recidivism,
- reclamation,
- reconversion,
- recur to,
- reentry,
- refluence,
- reflux,
- regression,
- rehabilitation,
- reinstatement,
- relapse,
- restitution,
- restoration,
- retroaction,
- retrocede,
- retrocession,
- retroflex,
- retroflexion,
- retrogradation,
- retrograde,
- retrogress,
- retrogression,
- retroversion,
- retrovert,
- retrusion,
- return,
- return to,
- returning,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- reversion,
- revert,
- revert to,
- reverting,
- revulsion,
- rise,
- rollback,
- rotate,
- run,
- setback,
- shift,
- sicken,
- sink,
- sink back,
- slacken,
- slide back,
- slip back,
- slipping back,
- soar,
- spin,
- sternway,
- stir,
- stream,
- subside,
- throw back,
- throwback,
- trail,
- trail behind,
- travel,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- wane,
- whirl,
- worsen,
- yield again to
Words containing 'Regress'
- Regressed,
- Regressing,
- Regression,
- Regressive,
- Regressively,
- Edge of regression,
- Regression point,
- Regressive metamorphism,
- curvilinear regression,
- infinite regress,
- infinite regression,
- linear regression,
- multiple regression,
- rectilinear regression,
- regression analysis,
- regression coefficient,
- regression curve,
- regression equation,
- regression line,
- simple regression,
- statistical regression,
- regression of y on x,
- regression toward the mean