[L. recedo; re and cedo.]

1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

Like the hollow roar of tides receding from th' insulted shore.

All bodies moved circularly, endeavor to recede from the center.

2. To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist from; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand; to recede from terms or propositions.