recede

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recede/rɪˈsiːd/

▶verb

• 1 move back or further away.

• 2 gradually diminish.

• 3 (of a man's hair) cease to grow at the temples and above the forehead.

• 4 (usu. as adj. receding) (of a facial feature) slope backwards.

• 5 (recede from) archaic withdraw from (an undertaking, agreement, etc.).

– origin C15: from L. recedere, from re- ‘back’ + cedere ‘go’.