Correct Option: A

advance (Verb) : to move forward ; further
recede (Verb) : to diminish; to withdraw; to stop growing; to move gradually away from somebody; to retreat
retrograde (Adjective) : making a situation worse or returning to how something was in the past
retreat (Verb) : to move away/ back ; to recede ; to retire ; to back off
withdraw (Verb) : to recede ; to retreat ; to move back/away ; to pull out ; to retract