retroceder

Meaning

  1. to regress (to revert to a previous state, especially one that is worse)
  2. to return (to go back to a previous location)
  3. to retrocede; to return (to grant property back)

Synonyms

Frequency

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁe.tɾo.seˈde(ʁ)/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin retrōcēdere (“to retrocede”). By surface analysis, retro- + ceder.

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