<p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.</li><li>to become more distant.</li><li>(of a color, form, etc., on a flat surface) to move away or be perceived as moving away from an observer, especially as giving the illusion of space.</li><li>to slope backward: a chin that recedes.</li><li>to draw back or withdraw from a conclusion, viewpoint, undertaking, promise, etc.</li></ul>