retrogress

/ɹˌɛtɹəʊɡɹˈɛs/

/ɹˌɛtɹoʊɡɹˈɛs/

[verb]

to retrogress

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

to return to negative behaviors or habits from the past

synonyms : fall back

get worse or fall back to a previous condition

synonyms : regress

retrograde

antonyms : progress

Examples

1. And because of the growing problems around this, often the Negro can only see retrogress.

2. I don't know what it would turn out to be if events go the other way and we see more retrogress than progress.

3. Now I claim to you in the early going that in this most improbable setting of progress, innovation, and to be sure, of imagination, that in the very important realm of finance and credit, we are not progressing, but rather retrogressing?