regress[verb]Synonyms: revert, backslide, degenerate, deteriorate, fall away
or off, go back, lapse, relapse, return
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
re‧gress /rɪˈɡres/
verb [intransitive][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: past participle of regredi 'to go back']
technical to go back to an earlier and worse condition, or to a less developed way of behaving
Antonym : progress:
The patient had regressed to a state of childish dependency. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲