Thesaurus: retard

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1. v. t. To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to accelerate.
2. v. t. To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations.
3. v. i. To stay back.
4. n. Retardation; delay.
5. n. a person of subnormal intelligence
6. v. cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate
7. v. be delayed
8. v. slow the growth or development of
9. v. lose velocity; move more slowly
10. n:13/v:87 v. cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate v. be delayed