Definition of retrograde

adjective (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 (adj.all)

  Antonym: direct
  

  source: wordnet30
• of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma (adj.all)

  Antonym: anterograde
  

  source: wordnet30
• Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

• going from better to worse (adj.all)

  Synonym: retrogressive
  

  source: wordnet30
• moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction (adj.all)

  Synonym: retral
  

  source: wordnet30

verb (v)

• move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies (verb.motion)

  source: wordnet30
• move in a direction contrary to the usual one (verb.motion)

  source: wordnet30
• move back (verb.motion)

  Synonym: retreat
  

  Example:
  The glacier retrogrades.
  

  source: wordnet30
• go back over (verb.communication)

  Synonym: hash over, rehash
  

  Example:
  Retrograde arguments.
  

  source: wordnet30
• get worse or fall back to a previous condition (verb.change)

  Synonym: regress, retrogress
  Antonym: advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up
  

  source: wordnet30
• To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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