1. The reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
   - reasoning backward 
2. Returning to a former state
   - regression, reversion, retrogression, retroversion

1. Go back to a statistical means 
2. Go back to a previous state
   - revert, return, retrovert, turn back 
3. Get worse or fall back to a previous condition
   - retrograde, retrogress 
4. Go back to bad behaviour
   - relapse, lapse, recidivate, retrogress, fall back

Derived forms: regressed, regresses, regressing

See also: regressive

Type of: abstract thought, change, change by reversal, decline, logical thinking, reasoning, reversal, reverse, turn, worsen

Antonym: progress

Encyclopedia: Regress

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