vi.

1. 退，后退；远去
2. 变模糊，变淡；变得渺茫
3. 缩进，向后倾斜[（+from）]
   His hair is beginning to recede from his forehead.

   他的头发开始从前额往后秃了。

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

   背弃诺言

5. 降低，缩减

vt.

1. 归还，交还
   recede conquered territory

   归还被占领土

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.).