Dictionary Entry
retrogression
retrogression is a 13-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
13 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses
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- 1noun
The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.
- 2noun
Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism.
- 3noun
returning to a former state
- 4noun
passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
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