recede

to move back or withdraw

Roots

ced / cess / ceed: go, approach, yield, move back, or stop
re-: back, again, or backward motion

Other words with the ced / cess / ceed root

accessible: easy to reach or understand
cease: to stop
cede: to yield or give up control
concede: to admit or yield
incessant: continuing without stopping
intercede: to plead or act on behalf of another
precede: to come before
precedent: an earlier example that guides later cases

Recede is going back: the shore, fear, sound, or hairline pulls away.

The alarm receded once the route through the problem became clear.

Recede is motion away from you or back from a position. Put it beside precede: recede moves back; precede goes before. The prefix changes the direction of the same going root.