Retrograde /(?)/

1. Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet. (Astron.)

   And if he be in the west side in that condition, then is he retrograde.

2. Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive.

   It is most retrograde to our desire.

3. Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc.

imp. & p. p. Retrograded; p. pr. & vb. n. Retrograding

1. To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet.
2. Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence.