Regress
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Regress [ri-gres]

NOUN, VERB

Verb

  • Return to a former or less developed state.

Noun

  • The action of returning to a former or less developed state.
Example

“The team decided not to regress to the old technologies.”

“The regress is the return to prior beliefs.”

Synonyms

Revert, Lapse, Backslide, Relapse, Retrogress

Antonyms

Progress, Improve, Advance, Headway, Passage, Going