retrocede
verbEtymology Ultimately from Latin retrōcēdere, from retrō- (“back, backward”) + cēdere (“to go, go back, give, return, etc.”). Equivalent to retro- + cede.
1
To grant back.
- to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor
2
To go back.
- Hospitals retrenched in the '30s while the general practitioners retroceded into a bygone era.1994, David F Drake, Reforming the health care market: an interpretive economic history: