Word Meaning

recede definition and meaning

v. i. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
v. i. To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition.
v. i. To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory.

Crossword clues for recede

- Abate
- Become distant like sort of decree
- Drop back
- Ebb
- Fall away
- Fall back
- Flow back
- Go back
- Grow less, decline
- Move back or further away
- Move backward
- Pull back, become more distant
- Retreat
- Retreat when queen was ordered to surrender
- Subside
- Surrender again and fall back
- Surrender more land and retreat