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Regressing

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retrogradenounDirected or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
regressiveThat tends to return, revert or regress.
retrogressivenounDirected towards the rear or the past; retrograde.
decliningnoundecline
deterioratingGetting worse.
failingnounweakness; defect

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retrogressivenounDirected towards the rear or the past; retrograde.
regressiveThat tends to return, revert or regress.
retrogradeverbDirected or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
decliningnoundecline
deterioratingGetting worse.
failingnounweakness; defect
deregressedWhose regression has been reversed
regredientGoing backward; regressive.
retrocessiveTending to retrocede; moving backward.
recessive(genetics) Able to be masked by a dominant allele or trait.
revertiveReverting, or tending to revert; returning.
resessiveMisspelling of recessive. [Going back; receding.]
reversive(linguistics) Designating the reversion of an action.
reversionisticreversionist
revertantnounA revertant cell or organism.
reversative(grammar) Implying a reversal.
retroregulatedregulated by retroregulation
retrocessionalRelating to retrocession
pseudorevertantnounSuch a mutant
retro-operativeretrospective in effect.

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