retrocessive
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retrocessive — adj. moving backwards, withdrawing; characterized by retrocession … English contemporary dictionary
retrocessive — ret·ro·ces·sive … English syllables
retrocessive — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|sesiv adjective Etymology: Latin retrocessus (past participle of retrocedere to go backward) + English ive : retrograde … Useful english dictionary
backward — adv 1. rearward, towards the back, in reverse, vice versa, upside down, topsyturvy, inside out, back in front; crablike, retrocessive ly, retrogressively, regressively, Scot, and North. Eng. backlins; Naut. aback, Naut. abaft, Naut. aft, Naut.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
retrocede — retrocede1 retrocedence, n. retrocessive /re tre ses iv/, adj. /re treuh seed /, v.i., retroceded, retroceding. to go back; recede; retire. [1645 55; < L retrocedere to go back, retire, equiv. to retro RETRO + cedere to go, move; see CEDE]… … Universalium
retrocessively — adverb In a retrocessive manner … Wiktionary
reactionary — Synonyms and related words: Bircher, Bourbon, Colonel Blimp, Epistle side, Methuselah, Tory, antagonistic, antediluvian, antipathetic, antiphonal, antique, atavistic, back number, bellyacher, bitter ender, blimp, breakaway, clashing, clockwise,… … Moby Thesaurus
recessive — Synonyms and related words: atavistic, reactionary, recedent, recessional, recessionary, recidivist, recidivous, regressive, retroactive, retrocedent, retrocessive, retrograde, retrogressive, retrorse, retroverse, returnable, reversible,… … Moby Thesaurus
regressive — Synonyms and related words: apostate, ascending, atavistic, axial, back, back flowing, backsliding, backward, coming apart, cracking, crumbling, decadent, declining, degenerate, descending, deteriorating, disintegrating, down trending, downward,… … Moby Thesaurus
retroactive — Synonyms and related words: a priori, antiphonal, back, backward, early, ex post facto, into the past, reacting, reactionary, reactive, recessive, reflex, reflexive, refluent, regressive, respondent, responding, responsive, retroactionary,… … Moby Thesaurus
