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  - retreat
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
retro-/ˈretrəʊ/

▶combining form

1 denoting action that is directed backwards or is reciprocal: retroject.

2 denoting location behind: retrochoir.

– origin from L. retro ‘backwards’.

'retro-' also found in these Oxford entries:

arrears - rear - retro - retrodiction - retrograde - retrogression - retroject - retronym - retrorse - retrospect

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