Synonyms of the word

receding

• v. present participle of recede.
• n. The action of something that recedes; a recessed part.

backward

• adj. (of motion) Pertaining to the direction towards the back.
• adj. (of motion) Pertaining to the direction reverse of normal.
• adj. Reluctant or unable to advance.
• adj. Of a culture considered undeveloped or unsophisticated.
• adj. Pertaining to a thought or value that is considered outdated.
• adj. (cricket) On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.
• adj. (cricket) Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.
• adj. (obsolete) Unwilling; averse; reluctant.
• adj. Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
• adj. Late or behindhand.
• adj. (obsolete) Already past or gone; bygone.
• adv. (of motion) In the direction towards the back; backwards.
• adv. Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
• adv. By way of reflection; reflexively.
• adv. From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.
• n. The state behind or past.

disappearance

• n. The action of disappearing or vanishing.

fadeout

• n. A gradual disappearance.

recession

• n. The act or an instance of receding or withdrawing.
• n. A period of reduced economic activity.
• n. The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service.

retiring

• adj. Shy, introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.
• adj. About to retire from work.
• v. present participle of retire.
• n. retirement.

retreating

• v. present participle of retreat.
• n. The act of moving back from something; a retreat.

withdrawal

• n. Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
• n. A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
• n. A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which…
• n. An act of withdrawing.