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retrogrades
adjective(ret-ro-grade)
moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
Synonyms: retral,
retrogrades
verb(ret-ro-grade)
go back over
Synonyms: hash over, rehash,
Examples:
Retrograde arguments.
retrogrades
verb(ret-ro-grade)
move back
Synonyms: retreat,
Examples:
The glacier retrogrades.
retrogrades
verb(ret-ro-grade)
get worse or fall back to a previous condition
Synonyms: regress, retrogress,
retrogrades
adjective(ret-ro-grade)
going from better to worse
Synonyms: retrogressive,
retrogrades
verb(ret-ro-grade)
move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
retrogrades
verb(ret-ro-grade)
move in a direction contrary to the usual one
retrogrades
adjective(ret-ro-grade)
moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
Antonyms: direct,
retrogrades
adjective(ret-ro-grade)
of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
Antonyms: anterograde,

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