The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards
The extent to which anything is retarded; the result of any retarding or delay; mental, social, or physical slowness
Retardation is the process of making something happen or develop more slowly, or the fact of being less well developed than other people or things of the same kind. other parents whose children had mental retardation