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1. Move away or backward
   "The enemy receded";
   - withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, pull back, retire, move back
    
2. Retreat
   - fall back, drop off, fall behind
    
3. Become faint or more distant
   "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"

Derived forms: receded, receding, recedes

See also: fall

Type of: change, go, locomote, move, regress, retrograde, retrogress, travel

Antonym: advance, move on