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1. Going from better to worse
   - retrogressive
    
2. Moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
   - retral
    
3. (astronomy) moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
    
4. Of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma

1. Move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
    
2. Move in a direction contrary to the usual one
   "retrograding planets"
    
3. Move back
   "The glacier retrogrades";
   - retreat
    
4. Go back over
   "retrograde arguments";
   - rehash, hash over [N. Amer]
    
5. Get worse or fall back to a previous condition
   - regress, retrogress

Derived forms: retrograded, retrograding, retrogrades

See also: backward, regressive, temporal relation

Type of: decline, draw back, go, locomote, move, move back, orb, orbit, pull away, pull back, recap, recapitulate, recede, retire, retreat, revolve, travel, withdraw, worsen

Antonym: anterograde, direct

Encyclopedia: Retrograde