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.
© Webster 1913.
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.
© Webster 1913.