"Retrograde" is a word in ENGLISH

Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the
succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet.

Hence, to decline from a better to a worse
condition, as in morals or intelligence.

Tending or moving backward; having a backward course;
contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive.

Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a
retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc.

To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear
to move, backward, as a planet.