| accede | (verb) yield to another's wish or opinion | Synonyms: bow, defer, give in, submit |
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| (verb) to agree or express agreement | Synonyms: acquiesce, assent |
| (verb) take on duties or office | Synonyms: enter |
| antecede | (verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antedate, forego, forgo, precede, predate |
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| antecedence | (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency, priority |
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| antecedency | (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, anteriority, precedence, precedency, priority |
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| antecedent | (adjective) preceding in time or order | - |
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| (noun) the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun | - |
| (noun) a preceding occurrence or cause or event | - |
| (noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | Synonyms: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root |
| (noun) anything that precedes something similar in time | Synonyms: forerunner |
| antecedently | (adverb) at an earlier time or formerly | Synonyms: previously |
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| cede | (verb) relinquish possession or control over | Synonyms: deliver, give up, surrender |
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| (verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another | Synonyms: concede, grant, yield |
| concede | (verb) admit (to a wrongdoing) | Synonyms: confess, profess |
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| (verb) be willing to concede | Synonyms: grant, yield |
| (verb) acknowledge defeat | - |
| (verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another | Synonyms: cede, grant, yield |
| decedent | (noun) someone who is no longer alive | Synonyms: dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, departed |
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| intercede | (verb) act between parties with a view to reconciling differences | Synonyms: arbitrate, intermediate, liaise, mediate |
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| precede | (verb) furnish with a preface or introduction | Synonyms: introduce, preface, premise |
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| (verb) move ahead (of others) in time or space | Synonyms: lead |
| (verb) be the predecessor of | Synonyms: come before |
| (verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, predate |
| (verb) come before | Synonyms: predate |
| precedence | (noun) the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | Synonyms: precedency, precession |
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| (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedency, priority |
| (noun) status established in order of importance or urgency | Synonyms: precedency, priority |
| precedency | (noun) the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | Synonyms: precedence, precession |
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| (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, priority |
| (noun) status established in order of importance or urgency | Synonyms: precedence, priority |
| precedent | (adjective) preceding in time, order, or significance | - |
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| (noun) an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time | Synonyms: case in point |
| (noun) (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions | Synonyms: case law, common law |
| (noun) a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time) | - |
| (noun) a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws | Synonyms: case law, common law |
| precedented | (adjective) having or supported or justified by a precedent | - |
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| precedentedly | (adverb) with precedent | - |
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| precedential | (adjective) having precedence (especially because of longer service) | - |
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| recede | (verb) become faint or more distant | - |
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| (verb) retreat | Synonyms: drop off, fall back, fall behind |
| (verb) pull back or move away or backward | Synonyms: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, retire, retreat, withdraw |
| secede | (verb) withdraw from an organization or communion | Synonyms: break away, splinter |
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| unprecedented | (adjective) having no precedent; novel; never seen before | - |
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| unprecedentedly | (adverb) in an unprecedented manner | - |
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