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recedent

recedent adjective: synonym of receding.

Adjective

recedent (comparative more recedent, superlative most recedent)

  1. Synonym of receding.
    • The recedent or retrograde form is marked by a sudden subsidence of the inflammatory state of the joints, succeeded immediately by an affection of some internal part, where is thenceforth the seat of the morbid manifestations.1851, Russell Thacher Trall, The Hydropathic Encyclopedia, page 123
    Synonyms:
    receding

Synonyms of recedent

Forms of recedent

comparativemore recedent
superlativemost recedent

Questions about recedent

What does recedent mean?
Recedent means synonym of receding.
What part of speech is recedent?
Recedent is an adjective.

Words near recedent in the dictionary

  1. receaves
  2. receaving
  3. recede
  4. receded
  5. recedence
  6. recedent
  7. receder
  8. receders
  9. recedes
  10. recedeth
  11. receding

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