regredire — meaning in English

English meaning

• backpedal verb To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
• revert verb To go back to a previous state, condition, or topic.

Senses

regredire is used for these senses in English:

• backpedal (intransitive) To step backwards.
• revert (transitive) To cause to return to a former condition.
• revert (intransitive, biology) To return to an earlier or primitive type or state; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.

backpedal — full definition

1. verb To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
2. verb To step backwards.
3. verb To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.

revert — full definition

1. verb To go back to a previous state, condition, or topic.
2. verb To reply, especially in a business or formal context.

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