different between regress vs regrets

English

Etymology

(verb) From Latin regressus, past participle of regredior (“to go back”), from re- (“back”) + gradior (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /??i?????s/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /??????s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

regress (countable and uncountable, plural regresses)

1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
   • 1886, Frederic Harrison, The Choice of Books

     Its bearing on the progress or regress of man is not an inconsiderable question.

2. The power or liberty of passing back.
   • 1623, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor

     Thou shalt have egresse and regresse.

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

Coordinate terms

• (permission): ingress, egress

Derived terms

• infinite regress
• Ryle's regress

Synonyms

• retrogress

Verb

regress (third-person singular simple present regresses, present participle regressing, simple past and past participle regressed)

1. (intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
2. (intransitive, astronomy) To move from east to west.
3. (transitive, statistics) To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.

Synonyms

• backslide

Antonyms

• advance
• proceed
• progress

Translations

Related terms

• regression
• regressive

Further reading

• regress in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• regress in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• regress at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• sergers

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin regressus (“back step”), from re- (“back”) +? gressus (“step”).

Noun

regress

1. regress.

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ts

Noun

regrets

1. plural of regret

Verb

regrets

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of regret

French

Pronunciation

Noun

regrets m

1. plural of regret