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Definition of retrogrades:
(adj) :
Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
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Reverting to an inferior or less developed state; declining, regressing.
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(zoology) Of an animal: appearing to regress to a less developed form during its lifetime.
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Of the order of something: inverse, reverse.
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(music) Having a passage of music played backwards.
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Of ideas or a person: opposing social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; conservative.
Definition of retrogrades:
(adj) :
Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
(adj) :
Reverting to an inferior or less developed state; declining, regressing.
(adj) :
(zoology) Of an animal: appearing to regress to a less developed form during its lifetime.
(adj) :
Of the order of something: inverse, reverse.
(adj) :
(music) Having a passage of music played backwards.
(adj) :
Of ideas or a person: opposing social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo; conservative.
A make the world a better place giveback project.
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