| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class II. Words Relating to Space | | Section IV. Motion | | 4. Motion with Reference to Direction |
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| 287. [Motion From.] Recession. |
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| NOUN: | RECESSION, retirement, withdrawal; retreat; regression, regress, retrogradation, retrocession [See Regression]; departure, [See Departure]; recoil [See Recoil]; flight (avoidance) [See Avoidance].
SWITCH, by-pass, shunt [Brit.].
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| VERB: | RECEDE, go, move back, move from, retire, withdraw, retrograde, retrogress, regress, ebb; shrink; come -, move -, go -, get -, drift- away; depart [See Departure]; retreat [See Regression]; move off, stand off, sheer off, swerve from; fall back, stand aside; run away (avoid) [See Avoidance].
SWITCH, shunt [Brit.], sidetrack, turn, remove.
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| ADJECTIVE: | RECEDING &c. v.; recessive, retrogressive, regressive.
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| QUOTATION: | Remember Lot’s wife.—Bible |
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