| Main Entry: | regression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reversion |
Synonyms: |
atavism, backsliding, lapse, relapse, retrogradation, retrogression, reverting, throwback |
| Concept: | [Motion backwards.] Regression. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
regress, regression; retrocession, retrogression, retrograduation, retroaction; reculade; retreat, withdrawal, retirement, remigration; recession (motion from); recess; crab-like motion., refluence, reflux; backwater, regurgitation, ebb, return; resilience, reflexion (recoil); volte-face., counter motion, counter movement, counter march; veering, tergiversation, recidivation, backsliding, fall; deterioration; recidivism, recidivity., turning point (reversion).
-verbs
recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire; retrograde, retrocede; back out; back down; balk; crawfish [U.S.], crawl; withdraw; rebound; go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back; lose ground; fall astern, drop astern; backwater, put about; take the back track; veer round; double, wheel, countermarch; ebb, regurgitate; jib, shrink, shy., turn tail, turn round, turn upon one's heel, turn one's back upon; retrace one's steps, dance the back step; sound a retreat, beat a retreat; go home.
-adjectives
receding; retrograde, retrogressive; regressive, refluent, reflex, recidivous, resilient; crab-like; balky; reactionary.
-adverbs
back, backwards; reflexively, to the right about; a reculons, a rebours.
-phrases
revenouns a nos moutons, as you were.
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Antonyms: |
progression |
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| Main Entry: | decadence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perversion; deterioration of morality |
Synonyms: |
corruption, debasement, decay, declension, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, degradation, devolution, dissipation, dissolution, downfall, downgrade, evil, excess, fall, gluttony, incontinence, intemperance, lasciviousness, lechery, lewdness, licentiousness, regression, sensuality, sybaritism |
Antonyms: |
humility, morality |
| Main Entry: | lapse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | backsliding |
Synonyms: |
decadence, declension, decline, degeneration, descent, deterioration, devolution, drop, fall, recession, regression, relapse, retrogradation, retrogression |
Antonyms: |
progress |
| Main Entry: | movement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | motion, activity |
Synonyms: |
act, action, advance, agitation, alteration, change, changing, deed, development, displacement, dynamism, evolution, evolving, exercise, flight, flow, flux, gesture, journey, journeying, locomotion, maneuver, migration, mobility, motility, movableness, move, moving, operation, operativeness, passage, progress, progression, regression, roaming, shift, shifting, steps, stir, stirring, transferal, transit, translating, transplanting, undertaking, velocity, voyaging, wandering |
Antonyms: |
cessation, halt, inaction, inactivity, pause, stoppage |
| Main Entry: | reaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political conservativism |
Synonyms: |
Toryism, backlash, backsliding, counterrevolution, obscurantism, regression, relapse, retreat, retrenchment, retrogression, right, right wing, status quo, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | relapse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deterioration, weakening |
Synonyms: |
backsliding, fall, fall from grace, lapse, loss, recidivism, recurrence, regression, repetition, retrogression, return, reversion, setback, turn for the worse, worsening |
Antonyms: |
healing, progress, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | reverse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opposite |
Synonyms: |
about-face, antipode, antipole, antithesis, back, bottom, change of mind, contra, contradiction, contradictory, contrary, converse, counter, counterpole, flip side, flip-flop, inverse, other side, overturning, rear, regression, retrogression, retroversion, reversal, reversement, reversion, switch, turn, turn around, turnabout, turning, underside, verso, volte-face, wrong side |
| Notes: | contrary describes something that contradicts a proposition, converse is used when the elements of a proposition are reversed, opposite pertains to that which is diametrically opposed to a proposition, and reverse can mean each of those the side of a coin or medal with the main design is the obverse (head), and the other is the reverse (tail) |
Antonyms: |
identical, same |
| Main Entry: | setback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointment |
Synonyms: |
about-face, backset, bath, blow, bottom, check, comedown, defeat, delay, difficulty, drawing board, flip-flop, hindrance, hitch*, hold-up, impediment, misfortune, obstacle, rebuff, regress, regression, reversal, reversal of fortune, reverse, slowdown, stumbling block, trouble, upset, whole new ballgame |
Antonyms: |
achievement, advance, blessing, boon, boost, success |
| Main Entry: | retrogression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | regression |
Synonyms: |
recession, regression, retreat, retroaction, reverse, throwback |