Retrograding Synonyms & Definitions

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• RetrogradingDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retrograde

• RetrogradeDefinition & Meaning in English

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

• RetrogradinglyDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (adv.) By retrograding; so as to retrograde.