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retrograde

• (a) moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
• (a) of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
• (s) going from better to worse retrogressive,
• (s) moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction retral,

Verbs

• (v) move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
• (v) move in a direction contrary to the usual one
  • retrograding planets
• (v) move back
  • The glacier retrogrades
  retreat,
• (v) go back over
  • retrograde arguments
  hash over, rehash,
• (v) get worse or fall back to a previous condition retrogress, regress,

Synonyms

retrogressive retreat hash over rehash retral retrogress regress

Antonyms

direct anterograde progress shape up come along come on get along get on advance

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