Regress \Re"gress\ (r?"gr?s), n. [L. regressus, fr. regredi, regressus. See Regrede.]

1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. ``The progress or regress of man''. --F. Harrison.

2. The power or liberty of passing back. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Regress \Re*gress"\ (r?*gr?s"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Regressed (-gr?st"); p. pr. & vb. n. Regressing.]

To go back; to return to a former place or state. --Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)