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7 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
noun returning to a former state
verb go back to a statistical means
origin(verb) From Latin regressus, past participle of regredior (“to go back”), from re- (“back”) + gradior (“to go”). Doublet of regressus.
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