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 fact or act of becoming less or less intense or present; fading.
The fact or act of becoming smaller.
Becoming weaker or smaller.
Of the lunar phase: as it shrinks when viewed from the Earth.