meaning of recede2
1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
2. To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition.
3. To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory.
4. become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew
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