retrogress
verb
Meaning
- To return to an earlier, simpler or worse condition; to regress.
- To go backwards; to retreat.
- To return to bad behaviour; to relapse.
- A retrogression.
Etymology / origin
From Latin retrōgressus, perfect active participle of retrōgradior (“retrograde”).
- retrōgressus(la)→
- retrogress (English)
- Relations: der
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