'Retrogress' definitions:
Definition of 'retrogress'
(from WordNet)
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 'Retrogress'
From: GCIDE
- Retrogress \Re"tro*gress\, n. [Cf. L. retrogressus.] Retrogression. [R.] --H. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'retrogress'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance,
- ascend,
- back,
- back up,
- backslide,
- budge,
- change,
- change place,
- circle,
- climb,
- cock,
- come after,
- come last,
- degenerate,
- descend,
- deteriorate,
- disimprove,
- ebb,
- fall astern,
- fall back,
- fall behind,
- flow,
- follow,
- get behind,
- get over,
- get worse,
- go,
- go around,
- go back,
- go backwards,
- go behind,
- go round,
- go sideways,
- grow worse,
- gyrate,
- jerk back,
- lag behind,
- lapse,
- lapse back,
- let down,
- lose ground,
- mount,
- move,
- move over,
- plunge,
- progress,
- pull back,
- recede,
- recidivate,
- regress,
- relapse,
- retrocede,
- retroflex,
- retrograde,
- retrovert,
- return,
- reverse,
- revert,
- rise,
- rotate,
- run,
- shift,
- sicken,
- sink,
- slacken,
- slip back,
- soar,
- spin,
- stir,
- stream,
- subside,
- throw back,
- trail,
- trail behind,
- travel,
- wane,
- whirl,
- worsen