retrocedere

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to move back, to retreat, to back down
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) to desist
  3. (intransitive) to be relegated
  4. (transitive) to demote
  5. (transitive) to relegate
  6. (transitive) to retrocede
  7. (transitive) to waive (debt)

Frequency

49k
Hyphenated as
re‧tro‧cè‧de‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/re.troˈt͡ʃɛ.de.re/
Etymology

From Latin retrōcēdō, from retro- + cedere.

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