regress

🇺🇸 /rɪˈɡres/ 🇬🇧 /rɪˈɡres/
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verb
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To go back to a previous, often less developed, state.

After the treatment, some patients may regress and return to their old habits.

translation

v. To go back to a previous, often less developed, state.

Word Forms

3rd Present regresses
Past regressed
Perfect regressed
Progressive regressing