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    [Noun]  | "re*gress" | \ ˈrē-ˌgres \


    1: an act or the privilege of going or coming back

    2: reentry

    3: movement backward to a previous and especially worse or more primitive state or condition


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English regresse, from Anglo-French, from Latin regressus, from regredi to go back, from re- + gradi to go {mat|grade:1|};

    [Verb]  | "re*gress" | \ ri-ˈgres \


    1: to make or undergo regress : retrograde

    2: to be subject to or exhibit regression

    3: to tend to approach or revert to a mean


    Origin: circa 1522 ;

    [Verb]  | "regress" 


    1: to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level;


      * e.g., " ... in extreme circumstances, people sometimes regress to the behavior they exhibited in childhood "





    2: to become worse or of less value;


      * e.g., " ... the annual celebration has regressed to the point where it's nothing more than an excuse to get drunk "





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