THESAURUS
receding
declining, diminishing, dwindling, dying, ebbing, fading, recedence, recession, retirement, retiring, retractation, retractility, retraction, retreat, retreating, retrocedence, shrinking, sinking, waning, withdrawal
ROGET THESAURUS
receding
Regression
N
regress, regression, retrocession, retrogression, retrograduation, retroaction, reculade, retreat, withdrawal, retirement, remigration, recession, recess, crab-like motion, refluence, reflux, backwater, regurgitation, ebb, return, resilience reflection, reflexion (recoil), flip-flop, volte-face, counter motion, retrograde motion, backward movement, motion in reverse, counter movement, counter march, veering, tergiversation, recidivation, backsliding, fall, deterioration, recidivism, recidivity, reversal, relapse, turning point,
receding, retrograde, retrogressive, regressive, refluent, reflex, recidivous, resilient, crab-like, balky, reactionary, back, backwards, reflexively, to the right about, a reculons, a rebours, revenons a nos moutons, as you were.
Recession
N
recession, retirement, withdrawal, retreat, retrocession, departure, recoil, flight,
receding, distance oneself from a person.