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retard
noun
retardation; delay
(
offensive slang
) a person with mental retardation
(
offensive slang
) a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn
Translations:
French: attardé
(
trans-bottom
)
verb
(
transitive
) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder
retard the march of an army
retard the motion of a ship
(
transitive
) To put off; to postpone.
to retard the attacks of old age
to retard a rupture between nations
(
transitive
) To stay back.
Translations:
Etymology:
< or , from
retarder
, from
retardare, retardÄre
, to retard, from
re-Latin, re-
+
tardus
, slow
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