retrogationn.
/ˌrɛtrə(ʊ)ˈɡeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌrɛtrəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/ Now rare.
= retrogradation n. (in various senses).
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > relapse > [noun]
again-falling1340
regressa1522
retrogration1567
regression1583
retrogradationa1609
reincidency1622
recess1641
retrogation1646
setback1669
retrogress1701
retrogression1757
backwarding1765
fallback1830
throwback1856
regressivity1890
the world > the universe > planet > planetary movement > [noun] > retrograde motion
retrogradation?c1450
retrogration1567
regradation1607
retrograde1613
retrogression1619
retrocession1639
regression1640
regress1642
repedation1646
retrogation1646
antecedence1649
1646 Game at Sc. & Eng. 6 Whereby you would..utterly debar them in this difference from all retrogations beyond the Covenant.
1660 M. Playford tr. Hist. Eng. & Sc. Presbytery (ed. 2) xvii. 152 It was a great matter that the Reformed people could gain any retrogation against the rapidity and swiftness of the greater Sphears.
1708 Brit. Apollo 1–3 Dec. Stations and Retrogations of the Planets.
1788 W. Jones et al. Clavis Campanologia ii. 9 A dodge is a retrogation or returning back one place.
1832 W. Horton Let. 15 Oct. in Hist. Jrnl. (1972) 15 216 I shall be in no way responsible for the rapid retrogation of this now flourishing colony.
1862 Duffy's Hibernian Mag. Oct. 308 The retrogation of civilization to barbarism.
1902 J. A. M. Passmore in Bi-centennial Brick Meeting-house (Soc. of Friends) 15 When they permit them in the least degree to deviate from the path of purity, virtue and proper discipline, the retrogation begins.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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