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Rückschritt — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • regression noun A return to an earlier, usually less developed or less desirable, state.
  • retrogression noun A deterioration or decline to a previous state.

Senses

Rückschritt is used for these senses in English:

  • regression An action of regressing, a return to a previous state.
  • retrogression A deterioration or decline to a previous state.

regression — full definition

  1. noun A return to an earlier, usually less developed or less desirable, state.
  2. noun A statistical method used to measure how one variable relates to, or can predict, another.
  3. noun The reappearance of a software bug that had previously been fixed.

retrogression — full definition

  1. noun A deterioration or decline to a previous state.
  2. noun A return to a less complex condition.

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