Main Entry: ¹re·gress

Pronunciation: \ˈrē-ˌgres\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English regresse, from Anglo-French, from Latin regressus, from regredi to go back, from re- + gradi to go — more at grade

Date: 14th century

1 a : an act or the privilege of going or coming back b : reentry 1
2 : movement backward to a previous and especially worse or more primitive state or condition
3 : the act of reasoning backward