retrogressed Definition

retrogress
verb, intr retrogressed, retrogresssing

1. To go back to an earlier, worse or less advanced condition or state; to deteriorate.

Thesaurus: revert, backslide, decline, worsen, deteriorate, regress, ebb, relapse, degenerate; Antonym: progress.
2. To recede or move backwards.

Derivative: retrogression

A decline in quality or merit.
Thesaurus: decline, recidivism, worsening, deterioration, relapse, fall, ebb, drop, regression, retrogradation; Antonym: progress.

The act or process of going backward or reverting.

Retrograde movement.

Derivative: retrogressive
adj

Derivative: retrogressively
adverb

Etymology: 19c: from Latin retrogressus a movement backwards.