retrograde
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- v move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
- v move in a direction contrary to the usual one
- v move back
The glacier retrogrades - v go back over
retrograde arguments - v get worse or fall back to a previous condition
- a moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
- a of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
- s going from better to worse
- s moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
- Observers have expressed concern that such decisions are a sop to retrograde social forces that oppose liberalization and have the support of the generally conservative Ukrainians.
- With the death of Alan Shepard, the future looks a little retrograde.
- To some, this idea seems retrograde.