Ebb (6)
'ebb' is the definition.
(I know that ebb is a more specific form of the action fall back)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for recede that I've seen before include "Decree (anag) - ebb" , "Move backward" , "Go back, ebb" , "Decline" , "Become more distant" .)
'ebb' is the definition.
(I know that ebb can be written as wane)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for wane that I've seen before include "Become smaller" , "Become weaker" , "Dwindle" , "Decline or go down" , "Get smaller" .)
'ebb' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for fade away that I've seen before include "as did the Cheshire Cat?" , "peter out" , "Disappear gradually" , "Become weaker" , "Die gradually" .)
(Other definitions for fadeaway that I've seen before include "Become weaker" , "Evanesce" , "Die gradually" , "'Old soldiers never die, they simply . . . . . . . .'" , "Disappear gradually" .)