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retrogress
[ re-truh-gres, re-truh-gres ]
verb (used without object)
- to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition:
to retrogress to infantilism.
Synonyms: revert, retreat, withdraw, retrograde, degenerate, decline
- to move backward.
retrogress
/ ˌrɛtrəʊˈɡrɛs /
verb
- to go back to an earlier, esp worse, condition; degenerate or deteriorate
- to move backwards; recede
- biology to develop characteristics or features of lower or simpler organisms; degenerate
Derived Forms
- ˌretroˈgression, noun
- ˌretroˈgressively, adverb
- ˌretroˈgressive, adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of retrogress1
Word History and Origins
Origin of retrogress1
Example Sentences
This was truly consequential, but it was less a matter of making progress than of preventing retrogress.
In extremely exceptional instances the disease, after involving a small part, may retrogress and recovery take place.
At times the patches retrogress, involution taking place with or without slight sieve-like atrophy or scarring.
That certain animals degenerate or retrogress in their development is susceptible of ready and familiar illustration.
But it must be a slow, and occasionally, an interrupted progress, after a sad retrogress of nearly twelve years.
What had caused the man to retrogress Luis and Luise Obispo?
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