re- ‘back’ + cedere ‘go’

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go or move back or further away from a previous position:

〈音･物などが〉 «…へ» 去っていく, 遠のく, 消えゆく «into»

e.g. the flood waters had receded

e.g. his footsteps receded down the corridor.

(of a quality, feeling, or possibility) gradually diminish:

〈見込み･感情などが〉薄れる, 弱まる; 〈痛みなどが〉和らぐ.

e.g. the prospects of an early end to the war receded.

(of a man's hair) cease to grow at the temples and above the forehead:

〈髪･生え際が〉後退する

e.g. his dark hair was receding a little

e.g. (as adjective receding) : a receding hairline.

(of a man) begin to go bald at the temples or above the forehead:

e.g. Fred was receding a bit.

(usually as adjective receding) (of a facial feature) slope backward:

〈あごが〉引っ込んでいる

e.g. a slightly receding chin.

(recede from) archaic withdraw from (an undertaking, promise, or agreement).

late 15th century (in the sense ‘depart from a usual state or standard’): from Latin recedere, from re- ‘back’ + cedere ‘go’.