retreating Definition

receding, withdrawing, retiring, falling, declining, descending, diminishing, waning, abating, departing, dips, dip, drop, decreasing, dissuading, eases, revises, slipping, plunging, drifted, nudged, slid, tumbling, advancing, inching, climbing, surging, fleeing, edging, capitulating, crept, encroaching, overran, dropping, leapt, bouncing, disappearing, dived, weakened, slinking, clawing, counterattacked, abandoning, moving, slumped, sagged, retracing, straying, steadied, collapsing, rose, ducking, shedding, paring, eroding, dipped, scurrying, settling, jumped, pushed, regrouping, stumbling, veering, succumbing, plummeting, venturing, slithered, zoomed, hitting, sinking, striding, eased, feinted, dragged, flirting, spiking, reconnoitered, escaping, fading, rebounded, ceding, reaching, meandered, spurted, seesawing, regaining, erasing, subsiding, reversing, relenting, crumbled, hovering, circling, leaving, shifting, storming, barging, rocketed, bounding, trudging,