Hypertext Webster Gateway: "regressing"
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)
regressing
adj : going from better to worse [syn: {declining}, {deteriorating},
{failing}, {retrograde}, {retrogressive}]
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