recession

Roget category 287

2. Words relating to space
› 2.4. Motion
›› 2.4.4. Motion with reference to direction

#287. [Motion from.] Recession

noun

recession, retirement, withdrawal — retreat — retrocession etc. 283^† — departure, etc. 293 — recoil etc. 277 — flight etc. (avoidance) 623.

verb

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.

adjective

receding etc. v..

phrase

distance oneself from a person.

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