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retrogressively Definition


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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.



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