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     #282. [Motion forward; progressive motion.] Progression. —­ N.
progress, progression, progressiveness; advancing &c. v.; advance, advancement; ongoing; flood, tide, headway; march &c. 266; rise; improvement &c. 658. 
     V. advance; proceed, progress; get on, get along, get over the ground;
gain ground; forge ahead; jog on, rub on, wag on; go with the stream; keep one’s course, hold on one’s course; go on, move on, come one, get on, pass on, push on, press on, go forward, move forward, come forward, get forward, pass forward, push forward, press forward, go forwards, move forwards, come forwards, get forwards, pass forwards, push forwards, press forwards, go ahead, move ahead, come ahead, get ahead, pass ahead, push ahead, press ahead; make one’s way, work one’s way, carve one’s way, push one’s way, force one’s way, edge one’s way, elbow one’s way; make progress, make head, make way, make headway, make advances, make strides, make rapid strides &c. (velocity) 274; go ahead, shoot ahead; distance; make up leeway. 
     Adj. advancing &c. v.; progressive, profluent[obs3]; advanced. 
     Adv. forward, onward; forth, on, ahead, under way, en route for, on
one’s way, on the way, on the road, on the high road, on the road to; in progress; in mid progress; in transitu &c. 270[Lat]. 
     Phr. vestigia nulla retrorsum[Lat]; “westward the course of empire
takes its way” [Berkeley].

     #283. [Motion backwards.] Regression. —­ N. regress, regression;
retrocession[obs3], retrogression, retrograduation[obs3], retroaction; reculade[obs3]; retreat, withdrawal, retirement, remigration[obs3]; recession &c. (motion from) 287; recess; crab-like motion.
     refluence[obs3], reflux; backwater, regurgitation, ebb, return;
resilience reflection, reflexion (recoil) 277[Brit]; flip-flop, volte-face[Fr].
     counter motion, retrograde motion, backward movement, motion in
reverse, counter movement, counter march; veering, tergiversation, recidivation|, backsliding, fall; deterioration &c. 659; recidivism, recidivity[obs3].
     reversal, relapse, turning point &c.(reversion) 145. 
     V. recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire; retrograde,
retrocede; back out; back down; balk; crawfish* [U.S.], crawl*; withdraw; rebound &c. 277; go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back; lose ground; fall astern, drop astern; backwater, put about; backtrack, take the back track; veer round; double, wheel, countermarch; ebb, regurgitate; jib, shrink, shy.
     turn tail, turn round, turn upon one’s heel, turn one’s back upon;
retrace one’s steps, dance the back step; sound a retreat, beat a retreat; go home. 
     Adj. receding &c. v.; retrograde, retrogressive; regressive,
refluent[obs3], reflex, recidivous, resilient; crab-like; balky; reactionary &c. 277. 
     Adv. back, backwards; reflexively, to the right about; a reculons[Fr],
a rebours[Fr]. 
     Phr. revenons a nos moutons[Fr], as you were.