regress

UK /ˈɹiːˌɡɹɛs/ US /ˈɹiːˌɡɹɛs/
verb 5noun 3

Definitions

noun

1

The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.

Its bearing on the progress or regress of man is not an inconsiderable question.

2

The power or liberty of passing back.

Thou shalt have egresse and regresse.

3

The right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.

verb

1

To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.

2

To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.

Your nightmares stopped when you were eight years old, but after the house burned down, you regressed.

3

To move in the retrograde direction.

4

To reduce in severity or size (as of a tumor), without reaching total remission.

5

To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.

When we regress Y on X, we use the values of variable X to predict those of Y.

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