retrocede
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor"
- "Hospitals retrenched in the '30s while the general practitioners retroceded into a bygone era."
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin retrōcēdere, from retrō- (“back, backward”) + cēdere (“to go, go back, give, return, etc.”). Equivalent to retro- + cede.
Origin
- Source language: Latin