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RETROGRESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Go back to bad behavior

Example:

Those who recidivate are often minor criminals

Synonyms:

fall back; lapse; recidivate; regress; relapse; retrogress

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "retrogress" is one way to...):

regress; retrovert; return; revert; turn back (go back to a previous state)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Get worse or fall back to a previous condition

Synonyms:

regress; retrograde; retrogress

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "retrogress" is one way to...):

decline; worsen (grow worse)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "retrogress"):

drop off; fall back; fall behind; recede (retreat)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

retrogression (returning to a former state)

retrogressive (going from better to worse)

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