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retrogress
verb
[ ˌrɛtrə(ʊ)ˈɡrɛs ]
• go back to an earlier state, typically a worse one.
• "she retrogressed to the starting point of her rehabilitation"
Origin:
early 19th century: from retro- ‘back’, on the pattern of the verb progress .
