Associations to the word «Retrogradation»

Wiktionary

RETROGRADATION, noun. Motion in a retrograde manner
RETROGRADATION, noun. Decline, degradation
RETROGRADATION, noun. (chemistry) A reaction that takes place in gelatinized starch when the amylose and amylopectin chains realign themselves, largely responsible for bread becoming stale.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn