noun
1. returning to a former state
• Syn: ↑regression, ↑regress, ↑reversion, ↑retrogression
• Derivationally related forms: ↑retrovert, ↑retrogress (for: ↑retrogression), ↑revert (for: ↑reversion), ↑regress (for: ↑regress), ↑regress (for: ↑regression)
• Hypernyms: ↑reversal
2. a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part
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retroversion of the uterus
• Syn: ↑retroflection, ↑retroflexion
• Hypernyms: ↑abnormality, ↑abnormalcy
3. translation back into the original language
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the teacher translated Latin texts into English which he gave to his students for retroversion
• Hypernyms: ↑translation, ↑interlingual rendition, ↑rendering, ↑version
Useful english dictionary. 2012.