regress /rēˈgres/ noun- Passage back
- Return
- Reversion
- Backward movement or extension
- Right or power of returning
- Re-entry
intransitive verb /ri-gresˈ/ - To go back
- To recede
- To return to a former place or state
- To revert
- To move from east to west (astronomy)
transitive verb- To cause to regress or return to a former state or condition
- To calculate the degree of association between one parameter and other parameters (statistics)
ORIGIN: L regressus, from regredī; see regrede regression /ri-greshˈən/ noun - The act of regressing
- Reversion
- Return towards the mean
- Return to an earlier stage of development, as in an adult's or adolescent's behaving like a child
regressive /ri-gresˈiv/ adjective - Going back
- Reverting
- Returning
- (of taxation) in which the rate decreases as the amount to be taxed increases
regressˈively adverb - In a regressive manner
- By return
regressˈiveness /ri-/ noun regressivˈity /rē-/ noun regression therapy noun (psychology) A therapeutic technique which aims to return a patient to the emotional state of a child in order to identify the causes of psychological problems |