To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.
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Retrogression.
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To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.
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The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".
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To turn back.
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To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.
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To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.
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To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.
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To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
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To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back.
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To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back.
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of Relapse
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of Relapse
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Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.
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Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.
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The act of returning, or coming back; return.
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The act of returning, or coming back; return.
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A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to…
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To backslide; to fall again.
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The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".
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To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back.
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Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet.
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