the act of becoming more distant | the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation |
the act of ceding back | the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) |
the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service | (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost |
a small concavity | |
the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year | |