retrograde
adjective
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of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
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moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
- 3
moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
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going from better to worse
verb
- 1
get worse or fall back to a previous condition
- 2
go back over
retrograde arguments
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move back
The glacier retrogrades
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move in a direction contrary to the usual one
retrograding planets
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move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
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