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Verb: retrogress  're-tru,gres
  1. Get worse or fall back to a previous condition
    "The patient's condition retrogressed despite treatment";
    - regress, retrograde
     
  2. Go back to bad behaviour
    "Those who retrogress are often minor criminals";
    - relapse, lapse, recidivate [rare], regress, fall back

Derived forms: retrogressed, retrogresses, retrogressing

Type of: decline, regress, retrovert [rare], return, revert, turn back, worsen