regression

regression
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
Passage back
Nouns
1. regression, retrogression, retrogradation, retroaction, retreat, return, reversion; relapse, recession, recess; recidivism, backsliding, fall, deterioration. See failure.
2. reflux, refluence, backwater, regurgitation, ebb; resilience, reflection, recoil.
Verbs
1. regress, retrogress, recede, return, revert, retreat, retrograde; [re]lapse; back down, off, or out, rebound; lose ground, fall astern, back water, put about, wheel, countermarch; turn, turn tail, about-face, turn around, turn one's back upon; retrace one's steps, beat a retreat, go home; backslide; pull or draw in one's horns.
2. ebb, flow back, regurgitate.
Adjectives
1. regressive, retrograde; retrogressive, refluent, reflex, recidivous, crablike, reactionary, recessive, receding.
2. relapsing, backsliding, recrudescent; reversionary, atavistic.
Adverbs — back, backward[s], reflexively, in retreat, on the run, behind.
Antonyms, see progression.
II
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A return to a former, usually worse condition: retrogradation, retrogression, reversion. See FORWARD, REPETITION.

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