regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion
(noun) returning to a former state
degeneration, retrogression
(noun) passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
Source: WordNet® 3.1
retrogression (countable and uncountable, plural retrogressions)
A deterioration or decline to a previous state.
(biology) A return to a less complex condition.
Source: Wiktionary
Re`tro*gres"sion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rétrogression. See Retrograde, and cf. Digression.]
1. The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 February 2025
(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain); “They breasted the mountain”; “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
