retrogress

Verbs

(v) get worse or fall back to a previous condition regress, retrograde,
(v) go back to bad behavior
- Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
recidivate, relapse, lapse, regress, fall back,

Synonyms

regress retrograde recidivate relapse lapse fall back

Antonyms

progress shape up come along come on get along get on advance

Words of close approximity

retrogression retrogressive