Verb: retrogress 're-tru,gres
- Get worse or fall back to a previous condition
"The patient's condition retrogressed despite treatment";
- regress, retrograde
- 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