RETROGRADE

retrograde. retrograde, going backward

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Re″tro‐grade (?), a. [[L. retrogradus, from retrogradi, retrogressus, to retrograde; retro back + gradi to step: cf. F. rétrograde. See Grade.]] 1. 1. (Astron.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet. Hutton.
And if he be in the west side in that condition, then is he retrograde. Chaucer. 2. 2. Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; — opposed to progressive. “Progressive and not retrograde.” Bacon.
It is most retrograde to our desire. Shak. 3. 3. Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc. Bacon.