regressed

Returned to worse

Regressed is the past tense of regress, meaning to return to an earlier or less developed state.

A patient's condition may have regressed after initial improvement.

In psychology, to regress is to revert to childlike behavior under stress.

In statistics, regressed describes data that has been analyzed through regression: We regressed income against education level.

reverted

backtracked

Reversed one's path

rewound · restored · relapsed · retreated · receded · defaulted · reset · unraveled · withdrawn · retracted

declined

deteriorated

Became worse over time

diminished · slumped · backslid · retrogressed · devolved · slipped · fallen · sank · ebbed · faded

psychological

relapse

Return to former illness

reversion · deterioration · infantile · hypnotherapy · trauma · fixation · repression · developmental · childhood · therapeutic

statistical

analysis

Methodical study of parts

variables · prediction · modeling · fitted · residuals · outcome · slope · intercept · multivariate · logistic

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developmental direction

regressedprogressed

Moved toward completion

advanced · matured · improved · developed · evolved

statistical/analytical process

regressedextrapolated

Inferred beyond known data

projected · predicted · interpolated · deviated

Phrases
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