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"Recede" Definition

verb-intransitive

To become or seem to become fainter or more distant: Eventually, my unhappy memories of the place receded.
To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark: waited for the floodwaters to recede.
To slope backward.
To withdraw or retreat.

verb-transitive

To yield or grant to one formerly in possession; cede (something) back.

verb

To move back or away .
To slant backward.
To grow less or smaller .
To cede back to a former possessor.