retrocede
verb (used without object)
to go back; recede; retire.
retrocessive
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a word derived from
retrocede.
Example Sentences
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‘All things,’ says Virgil, ‘have a retrocessive tendency, and grow worse and worse by the inevitable doom of fate.’
From Headlong Hall by Thomas Love Peacock
