regression
n 1: an abnormal state in which development has stopped
prematurely [syn: {arrested development}, {fixation}, {infantile
fixation}]
2: a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by
assuming a more infantile state
3: the relation between selected values of x and observed
values of y (from which the most probable value of y can
be predicted for any value of x) [syn: {simple regression},
{regression toward the mean}]
4: returning to a former state [syn: {regress}, {reversion}, {retrogression},
{retroversion}]