Definition of "regress" [re•gress]

• To go back; move backward. (verb-intransitive)
• To return to a previous, usually worse or less developed state. (verb-intransitive)
• To have a tendency to approach or go back to a statistical mean. (verb-intransitive)
• Psychology To induce a state of regression in. (verb-transitive)
• The act of going or coming back; return. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The problem with an infinite regress is that it is a fallacious attempt to make an unsound argument support itself."
• "An infinite regress is no longer an easy, simple, or adequate explanation."
• "Infinite regress is just another metaphysical conclusion, no different that gods/God."