| Recede 1. (v. i.) To move away; to retreat; to withdraw. 2. (v. i.) To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition. 3. (v. i.) To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory. Thesaurus Entries 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 |