to regress to an earlier stage

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• regress — {{11}}regress (n.) late 14c. (n.), act of going back, from L. regressus a return, from regress , pp. stem of regredi to go back, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + gradi to step, walk (see GRADE (Cf. grade) (n.)) …   Etymology dictionary

• regress — 1. noun a) The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. What is the progress or regress of man? b) The power or liberty of passing back. 2. verb a) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve …   Wiktionary

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• regression — n. 1 a backward movement, esp. a return to a former state. 2 a relapse or reversion. 3 Psychol. a return to an earlier stage of development, esp. through hypnosis or mental illness. 4 Statistics a measure of the relation between the mean value of …   Useful english dictionary

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