Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RET-RO-GRA-DA'TION
RET'RO-FRACT, or RET-RO-FRAC'TEDRET'RO-GRADE
RET-RO-GRA-DA'TION, n. [Fr. See Retrograde.]
- The act of moving backward; applied to the apparent motion of the planets.
- A moving backward; decline in excellence. – N. Chipman.
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