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recede

verb

1 the flood waters receded | her footsteps receded down the stairs:

retreat, go back, move back, move further off, move away, withdraw;

ebb, subside, go down, abate, fall back, sink;

rare retrocede.

▷antonyms advance, approach.

2 I stood on the deck watching the harbor lights recede into the distance:

disappear from view, gradually disappear, fade into the distance, be lost to view, pass from sight, grow less visible.

3 by May 23, fears of widespread violence had receded:

diminish, lessen, grow less, decrease, dwindle, fade, abate, subside, ebb, wane, fall off, taper off, peter out, shrink;

rare de-escalate.

▷antonyms grow, intensify.