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Definition regress

Etymology

(verb) From Latin regressus, past participle of regredi (“to go back”), from re- (“back”) + gradi (“to go”).

Noun

regress (countable and uncountable, plural regresses)

1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
2. The power or liberty of passing back.
3. In property law, the right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.

Verb

regress (third-person singular simple present regresses, present participle regressing, simple past and past participle regressed)

1. (intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
2. (intransitive, astronomy) To move from east to west.
3. (transitive, statistics) To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.

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