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retrograde

Part of Speech: Noun

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

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

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

Part of Speech: noun

1. Retrogression.

Part of Speech: verb

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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7. The movements of the earth account for the apparent retrograde motion and other irregularities of the movements of the planets. - "Catholic Churchmen in Science", James J. Walsh.
With a mutual agreement to stand by each other in case of pursuit, we hastened our retrograde march, but had made no great distance when we saw the Indians coming after us. - "The Captive in Patagonia", Benjamin Franklin Bourne.
If the various checks specified in the two last paragraphs, and perhaps others as yet unknown, do not prevent the reckless, the vicious and otherwise inferior members of society from increasing at a quicker rate than the better class of men, the nation will retrograde, as has occurred too often in the history of the world. - "The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I (1st edition)", Charles Darwin.

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