| n. | 1. | The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man". |
| 2. | The power or liberty of passing back. | |
| v. i. | 1. | To go back; to return to a former place or state. |
| Noun | 1. | regress - the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence Synonyms: reasoning backward |
| 2. | regress - returning to a former state | |
| Verb | 1. | regress - go back to a statistical means |
| 2. | regress - go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" | |
| 3. | regress - get worse; fall back to a previous or worse condition Synonyms: retrogress, retrograde | |
| 4. | regress - go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" |
REGRESS. Returning; going back opposed to ingress. (q.v.)
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