1. A return to an earlier state
   "The country experienced a regress to authoritarian rule";
   - regression, reversion, retrogression, retroversion
    
2. The reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
   "In mathematics, proofs often involve regress from the desired result";
   - reasoning backward

1. Go back to a previous state
   "We regressed to the old rules";
   - revert, return, retrovert [rare], turn back
    
2. Get worse or fall back to a previous condition
   "His health regressed after he stopped taking his medication";
   - retrograde, retrogress
    
3. Go back to bad behaviour
   "Those who regress are often minor criminals";
   - relapse, lapse, recidivate [rare], retrogress, fall back
    
4. Go back to a statistical means
   "The data points regressed towards the average over time"

Derived forms: regressing, regresses, regressed

Type of: abstract thought, change, decline, logical thinking, reasoning, reversal, reverse, turn, worsen

Antonym: get along

Encyclopedia: Regress