recede

Verb
  1. Pull back or move away or backward (synset 201998474)
    "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
    is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
    subtypes:
    same as: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, retire, retreat, withdraw
    verb group: back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw - make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
  2. Retreat (synset 201116231)
    is a type of: regress, retrograde, retrogress - get worse or fall back to a previous condition
    same as: drop off, fall back, fall behind
  3. Become faint or more distant (synset 200571771)
    "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
    subtypes: ebb - fall away or decline

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