regredire — meaning in English

English meaning

• backpedal verb To turn a bicycle's pedals in the opposite direction to normal.
• 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 turn a bicycle's pedals in the opposite direction to normal.
2. verb To walk or move backwards.
3. verb To withdraw from something you said or believed earlier.

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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