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    retrograde
    /ˈrɛtrə(ʊ)ɡreɪd/

    adjective

    • 1. directed or moving backwards: "a retrograde flow" Similar backwardbackwardsreverserearwardOpposite forward
    • 2. reverting to an earlier and inferior condition: "to go back on the progress that has been made would be a retrograde step" Similar for the worseregressivenegativedownhillOpposite positiveforward-looking

    noun

    • 1. a degenerate person. rare

    verb

    • 1. go back in position or time: archaic "our history must retrograde for the space of a few pages"
    • 2. show retrograde motion: "all the planets will at some time appear to retrograde"

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