retrogress

retrogress

verb

Definition of RETROGRESS

to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level <the quality of research at the university lab has begun to retrogress since the massive budget cuts went into effect>

Synonyms retrogress, return, revert

Related Words backslide, lapse, relapse; throw back; ebb; decline, degenerate, drop, fall, retrograde, worsen

Near Antonyms grow, mature, ripen

Antonyms advance, develop, evolve, progress