regression

regression is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.
2. noun. returning to a former state

   Synonyms: regress, retrogression, retroversion, reversion

3. noun. the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)
4. noun. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
5. noun. an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

   Synonyms: fixation

Synonyms

regress, retrogression, retroversion, reversion, fixation

Common word forms

regressions

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