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recede

/rɪ'sid/

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verb
pull back or move away or backward
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Similar:

draw back move back pull away pull back retire retreat withdraw

Opposite:

advance

type of:
move travel go locomote
verb
retreat
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Similar:

drop off fall back fall behind

type of:
retrogress regress retrograde
verb
become faint or more distant
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"the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"

type of:
change

Examples of recede

"the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"