ret|ro|gres|sion

ret|ro|gres|sion
ret|ro|gres|sion «REHT ruh GREHSH uhn», noun.
1. a backward movement.
2. the process of becoming worse; falling off; decline; deterioration; degeneration.
3. Astronomy. retrogradation.

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