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retrogresses

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ret⋅ro⋅gress

  [re-truh-gres, re-truh-gres]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition: to retrogress to infantilism.
2. to move backward.
Origin:
1810–20; < L retrōgressus ptp. of retrōgradī to go back or backward, equiv. to retrō- retro- + gred-, comb. form of gradī to step, go (see grade ) + -tus ptp. suffix, with dt > ss

Synonyms:
1. decline, degenerate, retrograde, withdraw, retreat, revert.
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ret·ro·gress   (rět'rə-grěs', rět'rə-grěs')   
intr.v.   ret·ro·gressed, ret·ro·gress·ing, ret·ro·gress·es

  1. To return to an earlier, inferior, or less complex condition.

  2. To go or move backward.


[Latin retrōgradī, *retrōgress- : retrō-, retro- + gradī, to go; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots.]
ret'ro·gres'sive adj., re'tro·gres'sive·ly adv.
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