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retrogenerative |
retrogradation |
retrograde |
retrograde amnesia |
retrogradingly |
retrogress
| retrogression
| retrogressive
| retrogressively
| retromandibular vein
| retromingency
retrogress
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb retrogress has 2 senses
- retrogress(v = verb.change) regress, retrograde - get worse or fall back to a previous condition; Array is one way to decline, worsen
- retrogress(v = verb.body) fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, relapse - go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" is one way to regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back
Derived forms noun retrogression2, adjective retrogressive1
Sample sentences:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
retrogress, n. [Cf. L. retrogressus.].
Retrogression. H. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
retrogress, v.intr.
1 go back; move backwards.
2 deteriorate.
1 go back; move backwards.
2 deteriorate.
Derivative
retrogressive adj.
Etymology
RETRO-, after PROGRESS v.
THESAURUS
retrogress
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
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