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retrogress

ret·ro·gress [ rèttrō gréss ] (past and past participle ret·ro·gressed, present participle ret·ro·gress·ing, 3rd person present singular ret·ro·gress·es)

intransitive verb

Definition:

1. revert or degenerate: to return to an earlier and usually worse condition

2. go backward: to move or travel backward

3. biology have less complex features: to show or develop the less complex features of simpler organisms

[Early 19th century. <retro- after progress]

ret·ro·gres·sive adjective

ret·ro·gres·sive·ly adverb

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