regression

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Synonyms: egression, degression, repression, progression, depression, digression, aggression, recession, regressive, ingression, regressing

Antonyms: egression, degression, repression, progression, depression, digression, aggression, recession, regressive, ingression, regressing

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Noun

1. An action of [[regress]]ing, a [[return]] to a [[previous]] [[state]].
2. An action of travelling [[mentally]] back in [[time]].
3. {{lb|en|psychotherapy}} A [[psychotherapeutic]] method whereby healing is facilitated by inducing the patient to act out [[behaviour]] typical of an earlier [[developmental]] [[stage]].
4. {{lb|en|statistics}} An analytic method to [[measure]] the [[association]] of one or more [[independent variable]]s with a [[dependent variable]].
5. {{lb|en|statistics}} An [[equation]] using specified and associated data for two or more [[variables]] such that one variable can be estimated from the remaining variable(s). {{C|en|Functions}}
6. {{lb|en|programming}} The reappearance of a [[bug]] in a piece of [[software]] that had previously been fixed.
7. {{lb|en|medicine}} The diminishing of a cellular mass like a tumor, or of an organ size.
8. {{lb|en|exercise}} The making an [[exercise]] less [[strain]]ing to perform by manipulating the [[detail]]s of its performance like [[load]]ed [[weight]], [[range of motion]], [[angle]], [[speed]].

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