1) Backward 2) Looking backward 1) Backward 
in profile and looking to the rear
• (v. t.) Looking behind or backward; as, a lion regardant. • (v. t.) Looking behind; looking backward watchfully. • (v. t.) Annexed to the land or manor; as, a villain regardant.
Re·gard'ant (- a nt) adjective [ French regardant , from regarder . See Regard , transitive verb ] [ Written also regardant .] 1. Looking behind; looking backward watchfully. « [ He] turns thither his regardant eye.&#x...
In heraldry regardant means looking behind or backward.