10
receding(verb, adjective, receding, recessive)
6
retiring(adjective, concavity)
5
regressing(verb, receding)
5
withdrawing(adjective, lowly, receding, departing, reversing)
4
fleeing(verb, adjective, receding, departing, recessive)
4
retreat(noun, escape, evasion, getaway)
3
backsliding(verb, adjective, receding, recessive)
3
cavernous
3
concave
3
departing(verb, adjective, departing)
3
dishing
3
ebbing
3
exiting(verb, adjective, departing)
3
flight(noun, escape, departure, evasion, getaway)
3
hollow
2
backing
2
backtracking
2
cup-shaped
2
diminishing
2
escaping(verb, escape, evasion, getaway, exodus)
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