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retrograde

v. move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

retrograde

v. move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets"

retrograde, retreat

v. move back; "The glacier retrogrades"

retrograde, rehash, hash over

v. go back over; "retrograde arguments"

regress, retrograde, retrogress

v. get worse or fall back to a previous condition

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retrograde

adj. of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma

retrograde

adj. moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth

retrograde, retrogressive

adj. going from better to worse

go, go away, depart, travel away

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

retire

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

retire, withdraw

v. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"

retreat

v. move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"

fade, wither

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

shrink, shrivel

v. decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

dying

adj. in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be; "a dying man"; "his dying wish"; "a dying fire"; "a dying civilization"

moribund

adj. being on the point of death; breathing your last; "a moribund patient"

ailing, indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy

adj. somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work"

waning

adj. (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases; "after full moon comes the waning moon"

backswept, sweptback

adj. used of hair

cacuminal, retroflex

adj. pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate

converse, reversed, transposed

adj. turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters"

inverse, reverse

adj. reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect

negative

adj. (backward)

rearward, reverse

adj. directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement"

receding(a)

adj. (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back

reflexive, self-referent

adj. referring back to itself

regardant(ip)

adj. looking backward

retracted

adj. drawn back and in; "a cat with retracted claws"

retroflex, retroflexed

adj. bent or curved backward

returning(a), reversive

adj. tending to be turned back

atavistic, throwback(a)

adj. characteristic of an atavist

returning, reverting

adj. tending to return to an earlier state

advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on

v. move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"

progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up

v. develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"

become, go, get

v. enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"

better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate

v. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

anterograde

adj. of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma

direct

adj. moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

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