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retrocede

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

verb retrocedes · retroceding · retroceded

transitive To grant back. to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor
intransitive To go back. Hospitals retrenched in the '30s while the general practitioners retroceded into a bygone era.

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@misc{retrocede_2026,
  title = {retrocede},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/retrocede},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}