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past tense of regress
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1
to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level
- in extreme circumstances, people sometimes regress to the behavior they exhibited in childhood
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2
to become worse or of less value
- the annual celebration has regressed to the point where it's nothing more than an excuse to get drunk
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- atrophied,
- crumbled,
- decayed,
- declined,
- degenerated,
- descended,
- deteriorated,
- devolved,
- ebbed,
- retrograded,
- rotted,
- sank
- (or sunk),
- worsened
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