retrogress

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: ret=ro=gress

CIDE DICTIONARY

retrogress, n. [Cf. L. retrogressus.].

 Retrogression.  H. Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

retrogress, v.intr.
1 go back; move backwards.
2 deteriorate.

Derivative

retrogressive adj.

Etymology

RETRO-, after PROGRESS v.

THESAURUS

retrogress

advance, ascend, back, back up, backslide, budge, change, change place, circle, climb, cock, come after, come last, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, disimprove, ebb, fall astern, fall back, fall behind, flow, follow, get behind, get over, get worse, go, go around, go back, go backwards, go behind, go round, go sideways, grow worse, gyrate, jerk back, lag behind, lapse, lapse back, let down, lose ground, mount, move, move over, plunge, progress, pull back, recede, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrocede, retroflex, retrograde, retrovert, return, reverse, revert, rise, rotate, run, shift, sicken, sink, slacken, slip back, soar, spin, stir, stream, subside, throw back, trail, trail behind, travel, wane, whirl, worsen