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retardment Definition


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retard
verb
    retarded, retarding
    1. To slow down or delay something.
      Thesaurus: hinder, postpone, delay, impede, handicap, encumber, obstruct, slow, arrest; Antonym: advance.
noun
    (especially US)
    1. A person of low intelligence or who acts in a particularly stupid way.
      Example: Tommy's such a retard - he's using smack again
Derivative: retardation
    The act of retarding or state of being retarded.
    Something that retards.
Derivative: retardative
adj
    Derivative: retardatory
    adj
      Etymology: 15c: from French retarder, from Latin tardus slow.



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