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Verb
S:
(v)
retrograde
(move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies)
S:
(v)
retrograde
(move in a direction contrary to the usual one)
"retrograding planets"
S:
(v)
retrograde
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retreat
(move back)
"The glacier retrogrades"
S:
(v)
retrograde
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rehash
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hash over
(go back over)
"retrograde arguments"
S:
(v)
regress
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retrograde
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retrogress
(get worse or fall back to a previous condition)
Adjective
S:
(adj)
retrograde
(moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth)
S:
(adj)
retrograde
(of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma)
S:
(adj)
retrograde
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retrogressive
(going from better to worse)
S:
(adj)
retral
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retrograde
(moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction)