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retrogradation

[ re-troh-grey-dey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. backward movement.
  2. decline or deterioration.

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Other Words From

  • ret·ro·gra·da·to·ry [re-tr, uh, -, grey, -d, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of retrogradation1

1545–55; < Late Latin retrōgradātiōn- (stem of retrōgradātiō ), probably equivalent to Latin retrōgrad ( us ) retrograde + -ātiō -ation, as translation of Greek anapodismós

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