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Regress

The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".

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Broader term 10

Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Decline 76% connected

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reasoning 76% connected

of Reason

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Retrovert 76% connected

To turn back.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Return 76% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reversal 76% connected

Intended to reverse; implying reversal.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reverse 76% connected

Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Revert 76% connected

To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Worsen 76% connected

To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 8

Lapse 76% connected

A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recede 76% connected

To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recidivate 76% connected

To backslide; to fall again.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recover 76% connected

To cover again.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recuperate 76% connected

To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Relapse 76% connected

To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Resile 76% connected

To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Retrogress 76% connected

Retrogression.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 8

Regressive 74% connected

Passing back; returning.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Regressive 74% connected

Passing back; returning.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Retroversion 74% connected

A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Retroversion 74% connected

A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Revert 74% connected

To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Revert 74% connected

To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 12

Lapse 92% connected

A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Recidivate 92% connected

To backslide; to fall again.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Regression 92% connected

The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Relapse 92% connected

To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Retrograde 92% connected

Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Retrogress 92% connected

Retrogression.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Retrogression 92% connected

The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Retroversion 92% connected

A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Retrovert 92% connected

To turn back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Return 92% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Reversion 92% connected

The act of returning, or coming back; return.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Revert 92% connected

To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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