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regredience

/ɹɪˈɡɹiːdi.əns/

regredience noun: a going back; a retrogression.

Noun

regredience (uncountable)

  1. A going back; a retrogression.
    • No man comes late unto that place from vvhence / Never man yet had a regredience.1648, Robert Herrick, “Never Too Late To Dye”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […]...

Questions about regredience

What does regredience mean?
Regredience means a going back; a retrogression.
What part of speech is regredience?
Regredience is a noun.
How do you pronounce regredience?
Regredience is pronounced /ɹɪˈɡɹiːdi.əns/.

Words near regredience in the dictionary

  1. regreases
  2. regreasing
  3. regrede
  4. regreded
  5. regredes
  6. regredience
  7. regredient
  8. regreding
  9. regreen
  10. regreened
  11. regreening

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