vi.

1. 退，後退；遠去
2. 變模糊，變淡；變得渺茫
3. 縮進，向後傾斜[（+from）]
   His hair is beginning to recede from his forehead.

   他的頭髮開始從前額往後禿了。

4. 收回，撤回[（+from）]
   recede from a promise

   背棄諾言

5. 降低，縮減

vt.

1. 歸還，交還
   recede conquered territory

   歸還被佔領土

v.

1. move back or further away.
2. gradually diminish.
3. (of a man's hair) cease to grow at the temples and above the forehead.
4. [usu. as adj. receding] (of a facial feature) slope backwards.
5. (recede from) archaic withdraw from (an undertaking, agreement, etc.).