Index of English words, starting with "re"

(1) - Retroflexion (n.) The act of reflexing; the state of being retroflexed. Cf. Retroversion.

(1) - Retrogradation (n.) The state of being retrograde; decline.
(2) - Retrogradation (n.) The act of retrograding, or moving backward.

(1) - Retrograde (v. i.) Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence.
(2) - Retrograde (v. i.) To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet.
(3) - Retrograde (a.) Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc.
(4) - Retrograde (a.) Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive.
(5) - Retrograde (a.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet.

(1) - Retrogress (n.) Retrogression.

(1) - Retrogression (n.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism.
(2) - Retrogression (n.) The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.