retrograde

Adjective

• moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction

• going from better to worse

• of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma

• moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth

Verb

• get worse or fall back to a previous condition

• go back over
  • retrograde arguments
    

• move back
  • The glacier retrogrades
    

• move in a direction contrary to the usual one
  • retrograding planets
    

• move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  retral , retrogressive , regress , retrogress , rehash , hash over , retreat
• Antonyms: 
  anterograde , direct , progress , come on , come along , advance , get on , get along , shape up