RECEDE, RECEDING
ADJECTIVES
1645 — EBBY having an ebb or receding direction → obs.
1898 — BACK-GAIN receding, going back → Sc. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1641 — RECEDENCE a receding from a place, point, or state; withdrawal
1642 — RETROCESSION a retreating or receding
1712 — RECEDURE recedence
1806 — RETRAITE a backward movement, a receding → obs.
VERBS
1400 — GO BACKWARD to recede, to retreat; to relapse, to backslide → obs.
1598 — RETRUDE to recede
1613 — RETROGRADE to recede, to withdraw → obs.
1638 — RETROCEDE to move back, to recede
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