Hypertext Webster Gateway: "regress"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. The power or liberty of passing back. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
regress
n 1: the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is
true and reason backward to the evidence [syn: {reasoning
backward}]
2: returning to a former state [syn: {regression}, {reversion},
{retrogression}, {retroversion}]
v 1: go back to a statistical means
2: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
[syn: {revert}, {return}, {retrovert}, {turn back}]
3: get worse; fall back to a previous or worse condition [syn:
{retrograde}, {retrogress}] [ant: {progress}]
4: go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often
minor criminals" [syn: {relapse}, {lapse}, {recidivate}, {retrogress},
{fall back}]
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