"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.
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Read the complete definitionTending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.
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