retrocede (?.)
- back
- backslide
- cock
- decline
- die away
- diminish
- drift away
- dwindle
- ebb
- fade
- fade away
- fall astern
- fall back
- fall behind
- get behind
- go
- go away
- go backwards
- go behind
- jerk back
- lapse
- lapse back
- lose ground
- move away
- move off
- pull away
- pull back
- recede
- recidivate
- regress
- relapse
- retire
- retract
- retreat
- retroflex
- retrograde
- retrogress
- retrovert
- return
- reverse
- revert
- shrink
- sink
- slip back
- stand off
- wane
- widen the distance
- withdraw