The word "recede" is correct and usable in written English. It is a verb which means to go or move back, or to become less intense or to retreat. You can use it in any context where something is moving or decreasing in intensity or size. For example: "The storm clouds receded over the horizon, leaving the sky clear and blue.".
The hope of a ceasefire – by far the most reliable and principled mechanism to protect Syrian lives – will recede again.
The first device that makes other devices recede into the background".
She was the only photographer I ever wanted to sit in on an interview I was doing, not just because she could recede into invisibility, hands folded in her lap, placid as Miss Marple, or stealthily circle the room, eyes glinting, but also because she disarmed people.
The hope is that as growth picks up, Euroscepticism will weaken and eventually recede.
So prices in Gaza are rising and building at some sites has ceased.Hopes among Gazans that Egypt's Islamist government was merely trying to convince Western ones that it would not pander to its friends in Hamas have begun to recede.
Life is slowing down and speeding up at the same time: families arrive later, even as careers are accelerating.Work may go on longer these days, as retirement and pensions recede into old age; but, for many in the professional classes, its peak comes earlier—as a glance at the people who run the country attests.
Like other technologies in history, IT and telecommunications seem destined gradually to recede into the background of human activity, leaving more time and energy to get on with the infinite complexities of business, and of life in general.
Thanks to Ludwig my first paper got accepted! The editor wrote me that my manuscript was well-written
Listya Utami K.
PhD Student in Biology, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia