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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Recede \Re*cede"\ (r[-e]*s[=e]d"), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Receded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Receding}.] [L. recedere, recessum; pref. re- re- + cedere to go, to go along: cf. F. rec['e]der. See {Cede}.]
1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
Like the hollow roar Of tides receding from the insulted shore. --Dryden.
All bodies moved circularly endeavor to recede from the center. --Bentley.
2. To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition.
Syn: To retire; retreat; return; retrograde; withdraw; desist.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
receding
adjective
1: moving toward a position farther from the front; "the receding glaciers of the last ice age"; "retiring fogs revealed the rocky coastline" [syn: {retiring}]
2: (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back [syn: {receding(a)}]
noun
1: a slow or gradual disappearance [syn: {fadeout}]
2: the act of becoming more distant [syn: {recession}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "receding": declining, diminishing, dwindling, dying, ebbing, fading, recedence, recession, retirement, retiring, retractation, retractility, retraction, retreat, retreating, retrocedence, shrinking, sinking, waning, withdrawal
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