English Explanatory Dictionary

retrocede

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To grant back.
  2. To go back.

Word forms

retrocede retrocedes retroceding retroceded

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin retrōcēdere, from retrō- (“back, backward”) + cēdere (“to go, go back, give, return, etc.”). Equivalent to retro- + cede.

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