verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To moderate (a newsgroup) by initially allowing all posts through and later issuing cancellations of those deemed unacceptable. Internet, transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

retromodretromod

Etymology

From retro- + moderate.

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