retroceder — meaning in English

English meaning

• backpedal verb To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
• backslide verb To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
• regress verb To move backward to an earlier, less developed stage.

Senses

retroceder is used for these senses in English:

• back off (literally) To move backwards away from something.
• backpedal (intransitive) To step backwards.
• backslide (intransitive) To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
• backspace (computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
• regress (intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.

backpedal — full definition

1. verb To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
2. verb To step backwards.
3. verb To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.

backslide — full definition

1. verb To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
2. verb To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
3. verb To revert back into a life of sin after being saved.

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