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Retrovert

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v. To turn back.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To turn back.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To turn back.

n. One who returns to his original creed.

n. That which undergoes retroversion, as a part or organ of the body.

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v. go back to a previous state

Word Usage

"Peeping through the lowered venetians of yesteryear (recollection as a species of voyeurism is very Ishiguro), the retrovert is privy to a series of partial visions that eventually reveal a life guided by calamitous misapprehension on his part."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

turn reverse change by reversal

Hyponym

fallback retrogress regress relapse lapse

Form

retroverted retroverting