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Recede

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To cede back; grant or yield to a former possessor: as, to recede conquered territory.

To move back; retreat; withdraw; fall away.

To withdraw an affirmation, a belief, a demand, or the like; turn back or aside.

To have a backward inclination, slope, or tendency: as, a receding coast-line; a receding chin.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

transitive verb. To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.

intransitive verb. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

intransitive verb. To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted.

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verb. To move back, to move away.

verb. To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.

verb. To take back.

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verb. become faint or more distant

verb. retreat

verb. pull back or move away or backward

Word Usage

"The Court is unwilling, however, to recede from the position announced in its repeated decisions."

cross-reference

decline depart slope withdraw

Form

receding

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

regress retrograde retrogress

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Aristide Bede Ede Gilead Mead

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

abate back back up backslide bate

verb-form

receded recedes receding