moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth

of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma

going from better to worse

[ Syn: retrogressive ]

moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction

[ Syn: retral ]

move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

move in a direction contrary to the usual one; retrograding planets'

move back; The glacier retrogrades

[ Syn: retreat ]

go back over; retrograde arguments

[ Syn: rehash , hash over ]

get worse or fall back to a previous condition

[ Syn: regress , retrogress ]