English
retromoderate
From retro- + moderate.
Today it means
verb To moderate (a newsgroup) by initially allowing all posts through and later issuing cancellations of those deemed unacceptable.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “retromoderate”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / retromoderate