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Recede vs Exit - What's the difference?

recede | exit |

As a verb recede

is .

As a noun exit is

success.

recede

English

Verb

(reced)
  • To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
  • * Dryden
    • Like the hollow roar / Of tides receding from the instituted shore.
  • * Bentley
    • All bodies moved circularly endeavour to recede from the center.
  • To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.
    • to recede conquered territory
  • To take back.

    • Synonyms

    * withdraw

    Derived terms

    * receding

    Related terms

    * cede * recedence * recession * recess * recessive

    References

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    Anagrams

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    exit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A way out.
    • He was looking for the exit and got lost .
  • A passage or gate from inside someplace to the outside, outgang.
    • She stood at the exit of the house looking back and waving at those inside .
  • The action of leaving.
    • He made his exit at the opportune time .
  • Death.
    • The untimely exit of a consummate politician .

    Synonyms

    * (a way out) egress, outgang, outway * (the action of leaving) egress, outgoing, departure

    Derived terms

    * emergency exit * exit interview * exit policy * exit poll * exit program * exit strategy * exit wound * fire exit

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To go out
  • To leave
  • To die

    • See also

    * exit stage left ----