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Words related to retrograde

Related / Similar Words: regress, retrogress, rehash, hash over, retreat, retral, retrogressive

Definition:

get worse; fall back to a previous or worse condition;

go back over; "retrograde arguments";

move back; "The glacier retrogrades";

move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets";

move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies;

of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma;

moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction;

moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth;

going from better to worse;

Hyponyms: fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede

Attributes: temporal relation

Derivational Morphology: regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion, rehash

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