recede
verb
[ rɪˈsiːd ]
• go or move back or further away from a previous position.
• "the floodwaters had receded"
Similar:
retreat,
go back,
move back,
move further off,
move away,
withdraw,
ebb,
subside,
go down,
abate,
fall back,
sink,
retrocede,
• (of a quality, feeling, or possibility) gradually diminish.
• "the prospects of an early end to the war receded"
Similar:
diminish,
lessen,
grow less,
decrease,
dwindle,
fade,
abate,
subside,
ebb,
wane,
fall off,
taper off,
peter out,
shrink,
de-escalate,
• (of a man's hair) cease to grow at the temples and above the forehead.
• "his dark hair was receding a little"
Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘depart from a usual state or standard’): from Latin recedere, from re- ‘back’ + cedere ‘go’.
