Roget's Thesaurus

#287. Recession

Nouns

recession, retirement, withdrawal; retreat; retrocession etc. 283; departure, etc. 293; recoil etc. 277; flight etc. (avoidance) 623.

Verbs

recede, go, move back, move from, retire; withdraw, shrink, back off; come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away; depart etc. 293; retreat etc. 283; move off, stand off, sheer off; fall back, stand aside; run away etc. (avoid) 623. remove, shunt, distance.

Adjectives

receding etc. v..

Phrases

distance oneself from a person.