recede 1
/ri seed"/ , v.i. , receded, receding .
1. to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
2. to become more distant.
3. (of a color, form, etc., on a flat surface) to move away or be perceived as moving away from an observer, esp. as giving the illusion of space. Cf. advance (def. 15).
4. to slope backward: a chin that recedes.
5. to draw back or withdraw from a conclusion, viewpoint, undertaking, promise, etc.
[ 1470-80; recedere to go, fall back, equiv. to re- RE- + cedere to withdraw, go; see CEDE ]
Syn. 5. retire, retreat.
recede 2
/ree seed"/ , v.t., receded, receding .
to cede back; yield or grant to a former possessor.
[ 1765-75; RE- + CEDE ]