ret|ro|gress

ret|ro|gress
ret|ro|gress «REHT ruh grehs, REHT ruh GREHS», intransitive verb.
1. to move backward; go back, especially to an earlier or less advanced condition.
2. to become worse; decline; deteriorate. SYNONYM(S): retrograde.
[< Latin retrōgressus, past participle of retrōgradī; see etym. under retrograde (Cf.retrograde)]

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