retrograde

adj 1: (astronomy) moving from east to west on the celestial

sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction

opposite to that of the Earth [ant: {direct}]

2: of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma

[ant: {anterograde}]

3: going from better to worse [syn: {declining}, {deteriorating},

{failing}, {regressing}, {retrogressive}]

4: moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or

contrary to a previous direction [syn: {retral}]

v 1: move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

2: move in a direction contrary to the usual one; of stars and

planets

3: move back; "The glacier retrogrades" [syn: {retreat}]

4: go back over; "retrograde arguments" [syn: {rehash}]

5: get worse; fall back to a previous or worse condition [syn:

{regress}, {retrogress}] [ant: {progress}]