Regress

Quick meaning: Regress is a noun meaning The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.

Meaning

The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.

More Meanings

1. The power or liberty of passing back.
2. (property law) The right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.
3. (intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
4. (intransitive, astronomy) To move in the retrograde direction.
5. (intransitive, medicine) To reduce in severity or size (as of a tumor), without reaching total remission.
6. (transitive, statistics) To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.
7. (transitive) To interrogate a person in a state of trance about forgotten elements of their past.

Example Sentences

Thou shalt have egresse and regresse.

When we regress Y on X, we use the values of variable X to predict those of Y.

Its bearing on the progress or regress of man is not an inconsiderable question.

They regressed me, putting me under hypnosis. Then, through the hypnosis, they found out that our car was abducted right off the road and into a craft.

Word Forms

• regresses
• regressing
• regressed

Synonyms for regress

Depending on context, synonyms include retrogress, backslide, reconvert, return, lapse, retrograde.

Antonyms for regress

Common opposites include advance, proceed, progress, come on, shape up, come along.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include regression, retrogress, retrogression, retroversion, revert, reversion.

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