The act or an instance of receding or withdrawing.
A procedure in which an extraocular muscle is detached from the globe of the eye and reattached posteriorly.
A period of low temperatures that causes a reduction in species; ice age.
A period of reduced economic activity
The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service.
The act of ceding something back.
The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water.
The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence.