recede

Universal Words verb [V] 1 (written) to move gradually away from sb or away from a previous position: The sound of the truck receded into the distance. * She watched his receding figure. 2 (written) (especially of a problem, feeling or quality) to become gradually weaker or smaller: The prospect of bankruptcy has now receded (= it is less likely). * The pain was receding slightly. 3 (of hair) to stop growing at the front of the head: a middle-aged man with receding hair / a receding hairline 4 a ~ chin a chin that slopes backwards towards the neck