Word Meanings - RETROGRADATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of retrograding, or moving backward. 2. The state of being retrograde; decline.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RETROGRADATION)

• Regression
• Retreat
• return
• retrogradation
• retrogression
• retirement

Related words: (words related to RETROGRADATION)

• RETROGRADATION
  1. The act of retrograding, or moving backward. 2. The state of being retrograde; decline.
• RETREATFUL
  Furnishing or serving as a retreat. "Our retreatful flood." Chapman.
• RETURNLESS
  Admitting no return. Chapman.
• RETREATMENT
  The act of retreating; specifically, the Hegira. D'Urfey.
• RETROGRESSION
  Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also
• RETIREMENT
  1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer. O, blest Retirement, friend of life's decline. Goldsmith. Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books. Thomson. 2. A place of seclusion
• RETURNER
  One who returns.
• RETURN
  1. To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition. "Return to your father's house." Chaucer. On their embattled ranks the waves return. Milton. If they returned out of bondage, it must be into a state of freedom. Locke. Dust thou
• REGRESSION
  The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation. Sir T. Browne. Edge of regression , the line along which a surface turns back upon itself; -- called also a cuspidal edge. -- Regression point , a cusp.
• RETURNABLE
  Legally required to be returned, delivered, given, or rendered; as, a writ or precept returnable at a certain day; a verdict returnable to the court. (more info) 1. Capable of, or admitting of, being returned.
• RETREAT
  retrahere; pref. re- re- + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf. 1. The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable. In a retreat he oShak. 2. The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy
• IRRETURNABLE
  Not to be returned.