1. (noun) regress, reasoning backward
the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
Synonyms: reversion, retrogression, regress, reasoning backward, regression, retroversion
Antonyms: get on, progress, come along, get along, shape up, come on, advance
2. (verb) regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion
returning to a former state
Synonyms: infantile fixation, lapse, simple regression, reversal, regression toward the mean, fixation, turnaround, arrested development, relapsing, retrogression, retroflection, regress, reasoning backward, backsliding, lapsing, throwback, regression, reverse, atavism, turnabout, reverting, relapse, statistical regression, retroversion, degeneration, reversion, retroflexion
Antonyms: get on, come along, get along, come on, shape up, advance, progress
3. (verb) regress
go back to a statistical means
Synonyms: return, retrovert, relapse, retrograde, revert, retrogress, fall back, recidivate, turn back, lapse
Antonyms: get along, come on, progress, advance, come along, shape up, get on
4. (verb) revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
go back to a previous state
Synonyms: reelect, bring back, drive off, retrovert, return, retrograde, reverse, deliver, hold back, recall, refund, hark back, give back, rejoin, invert, drive out, devolve, repay, turn back, come back, relapse, retort, fall, riposte, recidivate, fall back, give, drive away, take back, stop, pass, render, retrogress, lapse, arrest, yield, chase away, regress, dispel, contain, double back, generate, revert, backtrack, run off, check
Antonyms: progress, get on, shape up, come on, get along, come along, advance
5. (verb) regress, retrograde, retrogress
get worse or fall back to a previous condition
Synonyms: return, retreat, retrovert, relapse, retrograde, hash over, revert, retrogress, fall back, recidivate, turn back, lapse, rehash, regress
Antonyms: get on, come along, shape up, progress, advance, get along, come on
6. (verb) relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back
go back to bad behavior
Synonyms: go along, lapse, slip away, recidivate, backslide, retrogress, lag, retrovert, regress, elapse, dawdle, revert, fall back, fall behind, sink, lose, glide by, retrograde, resort, pass, return, slide by, recede, drop off, relapse, slip by, go by, get worse, recur, turn back
Antonyms: progress, advance, come along, get along, get on, come on, shape up
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