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RECESS
respite, recess, break, time out
(noun) a pause from doing something (as work); “we took a 10-minute break”; “he took time out to recuperate”
recess, niche
(noun) an enclosure that is set back or indented
inlet, recess
(noun) an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
recess, recession, niche, corner
(noun) a small concavity
deferral, recess
(noun) a state of abeyance or suspended business
adjourn, recess, break up
(verb) close at the end of a session; “The court adjourned”
recess
(verb) make a recess in; “recess the piece of wood”
recess
(verb) put into a recess; “recess lights”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
recess (countable and uncountable, plural recesses)
(countable or uncountable) A break, pause or vacation.
An inset, hole, space or opening.
(US, Australia, Canada) A time of play during the school day, usually on a playground; (UK) break, playtime.
A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
(archaic) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat.
(archaic) The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
(archaic) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
A secret or abstruse part.
(botany, zoology) A sinus.
Synonyms
• (a break): break, day off, pause, vacation; hiatus, moratorium; see also vacation or pause
Verb
recess (third-person singular simple present recesses, present participle recessing, simple past and past participle recessed)
To inset into something, or to recede.
(intransitive) To take or declare a break.
(transitive, informal) To appoint, with a recess appointment.
To make a recess in.
Adjective
recess
(obsolete, rare) Remote, distant (in time or place).
Anagrams
• cesser, screes
Source: Wiktionary
Re*cess", n. Etym: [L. recessus, fr. recedere, recessum. See Recede.]
1. A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides. Every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and degradation from rationality. South. My recess hath given them confidence that I may be conquered. Eikon Basilike.
2. The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy. In the recess of the jury they are to consider the evidence. Sir M. Hale. Good verse recess and solitude requires. Dryden.
3. Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school. The recess of . . . Parliament lasted six weeks. Macaulay.
4. Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc. A bed which stood in a deep recess. W. Irving.
5. A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion. Departure from his happy place, our sweet Recess, and only consolation left. Milton.
6. Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science. I. Watts.
7. (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Definition: A sinus.
Re*cess", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Recessing.]
Definition: To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.
Re*cess", n. Etym: [G.]
Definition: A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire. Brande & C.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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