v.
/
rɪˈgrɛs/
- return to a former state.
▸return mentally to a former stage of life or a supposed previous life.
- Statistics calculate the regression of.
n.
/
ˈriːgrɛs/
- the action of regressing.
- Philosophy a series of statements in which a logical procedure is continually reapplied to its own result without approaching a useful conclusion.
Etymology
ME: from L. regressus, from regredi ‘go back, return’.