RECALL BEFORE REVEAL

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Moving backward or returning to a less developed or less desirable condition.

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retrograde

Abandoning the successful review process seemed a retrograde step.
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A proposal to restore the earlier system of unrecorded personal favors struck several residents as retrograde after years of more transparent decisions.
From A Town Project Loses Its Purpose.
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