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re•cede

Pronunciation: (ri-sēd'), [key]
—v.i., -ced•ed, -ced•ing.
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.