recede
verb
1 recede
Pull back or move away or backward.
synonyms: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, retire, retreat, withdraw.
Roget 283:
recede,
regrade,
return,
revert,
retreat,
retire;
retrograde,
retrocede;
back out;
back down;
balk;
crawfish [U.S.],
crawl [Slang];
withdraw;
rebound
etc.
277;
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.
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Roget 287:
recede,
go,
move back,
move from,
retire;
withdraw,
shrink,
back off;
come away,
move away,
back away,
go away,
get away,
drift away;
depart
etc.
293;
retreat
etc.
283;
move off,
stand off,
sheer off;
fall back,
stand aside;
run away
etc.
(avoid)
623.
remove,
shunt,
distance.
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Dutch: afhalen, terugnemen, terugtrekken
2 recede
3 recede
Become faint or more distant.
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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