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Regression
rɪˈɡrɛʃn
Regression definitions
noun
regression
regressions
- a return to a former or less developed state
"it is easy to blame unrest on economic regression"
decline downturn fall falling falling away slipping drop deterioration worsening degeneration dereliction backsliding regression retrogression decay descent sinking slide ebb waning corruption debasement tainting corrosion impairment- a return to an earlier stage of life or a supposed previous life, especially through hypnosis
"the details recalled by Carol during the regression"
- a lessening of the severity of a disease or its symptoms
"there was 46.7 per cent complete regression in the placebo group"
- a measure of the relation between the mean value of one variable (e.g. output) and corresponding values of other variables (e.g. time and cost)