·vi To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet.
II. Retrograde ·vi Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence.
III. Retrograde ·adj Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, ·etc.
IV. Retrograde ·adj Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet.
V. Retrograde ·adj Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion;
— opposed to progressive.