reculer

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1)  to move back, to put back
 * 2)  to go backwards
 * 3)  to back down, to concede
 * 4)  to back off, to draw back, to retreat
 * 5)  to recede, to gradualy disappear
 * 6)  to drop, to fall, to decline
 * 7)  to go astern