Retarding

verb

Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.verbTo keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress

"retard the march of an army"

2.verbTo put off; to postpone.

"to retard a rupture between nations"

3.verbTo be slow or dilatory to perform (something).

4.verbTo decelerate; to slow down.

5.verbTo stay back.

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