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Retardation
- noun - a decrease in rate of change; "the deceleration of the arms race"
- any agent that retards or delays or hinders; "flame-retardant"
- lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
- the act of slowing down or falling behind
- the extent to which something is delayed or held back
Retardative
- - Tending, or serving, to retard.
Retribution
- noun - a justly deserved penalty
- the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
- the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution"
Retributive
- adjective - given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts; "retributive justice"
- of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye"
Retributory
- adjective - given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts; "retributive justice"
- of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye"
Retroaction
- - Action returned, or action backward.
Retroactive
- adjective - affecting things past; "retroactive tax increase"; "an ex-post-facto law"; "retro pay"
- descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously
Retrofitted
- verb - fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house; "The mansion was retrofitted with modern plumbing"
- provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture; "They car companies retrofitted all the old models with new carburetors"
- substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones; "The laboratory retrofitted to meet the safety codes"
Revaluation
- noun - a new appraisal or evaluation
Reverential
- adjective - feeling or manifesting veneration