Noun: retrogression ,re-tru'gre-shun
- A return to an earlier state
"The economy's retrogression worried investors";
- regression, regress, reversion, retroversion
- Passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
"The retrogression of the species was observed over several generations";
- degeneration
Derived forms: retrogressions
Type of: reversal, shift, transformation, transmutation
Encyclopedia: Retrogression