regress
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Synonyms for regress
revert
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- revert
- deteriorate
- return
- go back
- retreat
- lapse
- fall back
- wane
- recede
- ebb
- degenerate
- relapse
- lose ground
- turn the clock back
- backslide
- retrogress
- retrocede
- fall away or off
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Synonyms for regress
to slip from a higher or better condition to a former, usually lower or poorer one
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Synonyms for regress
the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
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returning to a former state
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go back to a statistical means
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go back to a previous state
get worse or fall back to a previous condition
go back to bad behavior
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