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

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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(archaic) The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.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

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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 The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.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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