recede

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: re=cede

CIDE DICTIONARY

recede, v. i. [L. recedere, recessum; pref. re- re- + cedere to go, to go along: cf. F. recéder. See Cede.].

•  To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.  [1913 Webster]

  "Like the hollow roar
  Of tides receding from the insulted shore."  [1913 Webster]

  "All bodies moved circularly endeavor to recede from the center."  [1913 Webster]
•  To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To retire; retreat; return; retrograde; withdraw; desist.

recede, v. t. [Pref. re- + cede. Cf. Recede, v. i.].

 To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

recede, v.intr.
1 go or shrink back or further off.
2 be left at an increasing distance by an observer's motion.
3 slope backwards (a receding chin).
4 decline in force or value.
5 (foll. by from) withdraw from (an engagement, opinion, etc.).
6 (of a man's hair) cease to grow at the front, sides, etc.

Etymology

ME f. L recedere (as RE-, cedere cess- go)

THESAURUS

recede

abate, back, back up, backslide, bate, close, cock, decline, depart, die away, diminish, drain, drift away, dwindle, ebb, fade, fade away, fall astern, fall back, fall behind, get behind, go, go away, go backwards, go behind, jerk back, lapse, lessen, lose ground, move away, move off, pull away, pull back, recidivate, regress, relapse, retire, retract, retreat, retrocede, retroflex, retrograde, retrogress, return, revert, shrink, sink, slip back, stand off, subside, taper, wane, widen the distance, withdraw

ROGET THESAURUS

recede

Regression

VB recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire, retrograde, retrocede, back out, back down, balk, crawfish, crawl, withdraw, rebound, go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back, lose ground, fall astern, drop astern, backwater, put about, backtrack, take the back track, veer round, double, wheel, countermarch, ebb, regurgitate, jib, shrink, shy, turn tail, turn round, turn upon one's heel, turn one's back upon, retrace one's steps, dance the back step, sound a retreat, beat a retreat, go home.

Recession

VB recede, go, move back, move from, retire, withdraw, shrink, back off, come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away, depart, retreat, move off, stand off, sheer off, fall back, stand aside, run away, remove, shunt, distance.