recede

To cede back; grant or yield to a former possessor: as, to recede conquered territory.

To move back; retreat; withdraw; fall away.

To withdraw an affirmation, a belief, a demand, or the like; turn back or aside.

To have a backward inclination, slope, or tendency: as, a receding coast-line; a receding chin.

To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.

To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted.

To move back, to move away.

To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.

To take back.