regress

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English

Definitions

noun

The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
The power or liberty of passing back.
In property law, the right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.

verb

To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
To move from east to west.
To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.“When we regress Y on X, we use the values of variable X to predict those of Y.”

Related words

Synonyms

retrogress backslide regression retrogression retroversion revert reversion retrograde turn back relapse recidivate return lapse fall back reasoning backward retrogressive throwback

Antonyms

advance proceed progress

Associated

homunculi homunculus circularity childlike epistemology justification aortic cin spontaneously argument infinite

Rhymes

nonetheless nevertheless coalesce distress acquiesce address caress assess process egress

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