Retrogradation(n.) The act of retrograding, or moving backward.
Retrogradation(n.) The state of being retrograde; decline.
Retrograde(a.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet.
Retrograde(a.) Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive.
Retrograde(a.) Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc.
Retrograde(v. i.) To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet.
Retrograde(v. i.) Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence.
Retrograded(imp. & p. p.) of Retrograde
Retrograding(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retrograde
Retrogradingly(adv.) By retrograding; so as to retrograde.
Words within retrogradations