retrocede

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Definition of retrocede

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verb

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

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