retrocede
verb
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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Moby thesaurus: back, backslide, cock, decline, die away, diminish, 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, lapse back, lose ground, move away, move off, pull away, pull back, recede, recidivate, regress, relapse, retire, retract, retreat, retroflex, retrograde, retrogress, retrovert, return, reverse, revert, shrink, sink, slip back, stand off, wane, widen the distance, withdraw ... show more.
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