Retrograde
Definition of Retrograde
Re´tro`grade | a. | 1. | (Astron.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet. | | 2. | Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; - opposed to progressive. | | 3. | Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc. | | v. i. | 1. | To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet. | | 2. | Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence. |
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