regression

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a return to a previous and less advanced or worse state, condition, or way of behaving:

A regression has occurred in the overall political situation.

regression to childhood

the fact of an illness or its symptoms (= effects) becoming less severe:

The treatment was more effective than tamoxifen, which causes complete regression in only about 30% of cases.

In this group there was a significant regression in artery wall thickness.

a situation in which things get worse rather than better:

There's been a recent rise in nurses' wages after a decade of stagnation or even regression.

The past years have seen a regression in the march of economic progress.