Dictionary Entry

regress

regress is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man". Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 9 senses

Definitions

1noun
The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".
2noun
The power or liberty of passing back.
3intransitive verb
To go back; to return to a former place or state.
4noun
returning to a former state
Synonyms
regression retrogression retroversion reversion
5noun
the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
6verb
go back to bad behavior
"Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
Synonyms
lapse recidivate relapse retrogress
7verb
get worse or fall back to a previous condition
Synonyms
retrograde retrogress
8verb
go back to a previous state
"We reverted to the old rules"
Synonyms
retrovert return revert
9verb
go back to a statistical means

Synonyms

regression retrogression retroversion reversion lapse recidivate relapse retrogress retrograde retrovert return revert

Common word forms

regressed regresses regressing

Words from these letters

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