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RELATED WORD : infinite regress

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Noun regress has 2 senses

• regress(n = noun.cognition) reasoning backward - the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence; Array
is a kind of abstract thought, logical thinking, reasoning

• regress(n = noun.act) regression, retrogression, retroversion, reversion - returning to a former state; Array
is a kind of reversal
Derived form verb regress₂

Verb regress has 4 senses

• regress(v = verb.change) Array - go back to a statistical means; Array
is one way to change
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• regress(v = verb.change) retrovert, return, revert, turn back - go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
is one way to change by reversal, reverse, turn
Derived forms noun regress₂, noun regression₄
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

• regress(v = verb.change) retrograde, retrogress - get worse or fall back to a previous condition; Array
is one way to decline, worsen
Antonym: progress
Derived form adjective regressive₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

• regress(v = verb.body) fall back, lapse, recidivate, relapse, retrogress - go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
is one way to regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

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THESAURUS

regress

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

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Reversion

VB revert, turn back, regress, relapse, recoil, retreat, restore, undo, unmake, turn the tide, roll back the tide, turn the scale, tip the scale.

Regression

N regress, regression, retrocession, retrogression, retrograduation, retroaction, reculade, retreat, withdrawal, retirement, remigration, recession, recess, crab-like motion, refluence, reflux, backwater, regurgitation, ebb, return, resilience reflection, reflexion (recoil), flip-flop, volte-face, counter motion, retrograde motion, backward movement, motion in reverse, counter movement, counter march, veering, tergiversation, recidivation, backsliding, fall, deterioration, recidivism, recidivity, reversal, relapse, turning point, receding, retrograde, retrogressive, regressive, refluent, reflex, recidivous, resilient, crab-like, balky, reactionary, back, backwards, reflexively, to the right about, a reculons, a rebours, revenons a nos moutons, as you were.

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