1) Abate 2) Ebb 3) Vanish 4) Wane 5) Withdraw 1) About to yield and draw back 2) Become faint or more distant 3) Become fainter 4) Become more distant 5) Decline 6) Diminish 7) Disappear, like a hairline 8) Draw back 9) Drop back 10) Ease off 11) Fall 15A 12) Fall back, abate 13) Fall back, like a hairline 14) Flow back 15) French word used in English 
• (v. i.) To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory. • (v. i.) To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition. • (v. i.) To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
Re·cede' (rē*sēd') transitive verb [ Prefix re- + cede . Confer Recede , intransitive verb ] To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory. Re·cede' (re*sēd') intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Receded ; present participle & verbal noun Receding .] [ Latin recedere , recessum ; prefix re- re- + cedere to go, to go along: conf...
To seem to fade into the background.
[v] - move back and away from 2. [v] - become faint or more distant
to move backward and away from a point