REGRESS

7 letters 8 Scrabble points

Definition of REGRESS

noun

  1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.

  2. The power or liberty of passing back.

  3. In property law, the right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.

Related words: retrogress
verb

  1. To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.

  2. To move from east to west.

  3. To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.

    "When we regress Y on X, we use the values of variable X to predict those of Y."

Related words: backslide

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters R E G R E S S
Length 7 letters
Scrabble Score 8 points

Words Containing "REGRESS"

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Words Starting with "REGRESS"

REGRESSED REGRESSES REGRESSING REGRESSION REGRESSIONIST REGRESSIONS REGRESSIVE REGRESSIVELY REGRESSIVENESS REGRESSIVITY REGRESSOR REGRESSORS