Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Retrocede

Retrocede , transitive verb

[Prefix retro- + cede: compare French rétrocéder.]

To cede or grant back; as, to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor.

Retrocede , intransitive verb

[Latin retrocedere; retro backward, back + cedere to go. See Cede.]

To go back.