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Retroactive
- adjective - affecting things past; "retroactive tax increase"; "an ex-post-facto law"; "retro pay"
- descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously
Retrocedent
- - Disposed or likely to retrocede; -- said of diseases which go from one part of the body to another, as the gout.
Retroceding
- unknown - giving back territory to its former government or country
Retrofitted
- verb - fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house; "The mansion was retrofitted with modern plumbing"
- provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture; "They car companies retrofitted all the old models with new carburetors"
- substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones; "The laboratory retrofitted to meet the safety codes"
Retroflexed
- adjective - bent or curved backward
Retroflexes
- verb - articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate; "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants"
- bend or turn backward
Retrograded
- verb - get worse or fall back to a previous condition
- go back over; "retrograde arguments"
- move back; "The glacier retrogrades"
- move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
- move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets"
Retrogrades
- verb - get worse or fall back to a previous condition
- go back over; "retrograde arguments"
- move back; "The glacier retrogrades"
- move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
- move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets"
Retrorocket
- noun - a small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft that is fired to slow or alter its course
Retrospects
- noun - contemplation of things past; "in retrospect"
- hindsight
- look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember; "she reviewed her achievements with pride"
- Look back upon an age, event, time etc