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Word entry · 7 letters

regress

Best crossword clue

"Go backward"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹiːˌɡɹɛs/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eegrrssStarts with REnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. go back to bad behavior

Word origin

(verb) From Latin regressus, past participle of regredior (“to go back”), from re- (“back”) + gradior (“to go”). Doublet of regressus.

Used in a sentence

  • Its bearing on the progress or regress of man is not an inconsiderable question.
  • Thou shalt have egresse and regresse.
  • Your nightmares stopped when you were eight years old, but after the house burned down, you regressed.

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