English → Latin
“recede” in Latin
recēdōto go away, withdraw, retire, depart from a place; to abandon a thingdēcēdōto withdraw, retire, depart, leave or go away; to desert or abandon, give up, resign, forego; yield; to yield, make way,dēclīnōto bend, deviate, turn aside/away, deflect; to inflect, decline; to avoiddēgrediorto go down, march down, descendaberrōto wander, stray or deviate from; to aberr, aberrate, go astray, get lost; deviate, digress; to seek distraction, forget
The English word recede itself goes back to Latin recēdō, through recedere.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
recede
recedere: decedere (general term): declinare (a little): rieflectere, degredi (with the will; PROP. and figuratively): aberrare (without knowledge or will; PROP. and figuratively): discedere ab aliqua re (general term, to depart from, leave, abandon): not to dare to recede a finger’s breadth from anything (proverbially), ab aliqua re, non licet transversum, ut aiunt, digitum discedere; ab aliqua re transversum unguem non oportet discedere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for recede?
- The usual Latin words for “recede” are recēdō, dēcēdō, dēclīnō; also dēgredior, aberrō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.