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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RETROGRES'SION, n. The act of going backward.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form [syn: degeneration, retrogression]
2: returning to a former state [syn: regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1604 1. regression 3 2. return to a former and less complex level of development or organization

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 backward or reversed movement. 2 a return to a less advanced state; a reversal of development; a decline or deterioration. 3 Astron. = RETROGRADATION. Derivatives: retrogressive adj. Etymology: RETRO-, after progression

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Retrogression Re`tro*gres"sion, n. [Cf. F. r['e]trogression. See Retrograde, and cf. Digression.] 1. The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation. 2. (Biol.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Retrogression means moving back to an earlier and less efficient stage of development. (FORMAL) There has been a retrogression in the field of human rights since 1975. = regression N-UNCOUNT: also a N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Retrogradation, decline.

Moby Thesaurus

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