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retrogrades

verb as in retrogress

verb as in backpedal

verb as in backtrack

verb as in fall back

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Example Sentences

All bets are off as Jupiter retrogrades in your sign by Tuesday.

Neptune retrogrades into Aquarius, Friday, inspiring magical thinking.

This year, Mercury retrogrades from December 10-30, the first time since 2003 that this aspect has fallen at Christmas.

From being an earnest advocate she advances—or retrogrades—to the status of a plain bore.

If it retrogrades, it is under the control of something else, and loses its independent existence.

Mr. Rockefeller never retrogrades; he has always advanced from the commencement.

Far from being retrogrades, the men of the South are champions of progress; witness their programme of commercial freedom!

Each new generation must improve upon its parents; else the world stands still or retrogrades.

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On this page you'll find 747 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to retrogrades, such as: cease, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, elapse, and expire.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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