regress

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noun

the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence

verb

go back to a statistical means

Regress in a sentence

The key-hole was still their port of egress and regress, and it resembled the aperture of a bee-hive, on a sunny day in June.

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

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