n.
1.an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
2.(psychiatry) 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)
4.returning to a former state
Idiom of the Day
freeload
to accept food and housing at the expense of another
The boy was angry at his brother for freeloading and never trying to find a job.