'Recess' definitions:
Definition of 'recess'
(from WordNet)
noun
A state of abeyance or suspended business [syn: deferral, recess]
noun
noun
An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) [syn: inlet, recess]
noun
An enclosure that is set back or indented [syn: recess, niche]
noun
A pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" [syn: respite, recess, break, time out]
verb
Put into a recess; "recess lights"
verb
Make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood"
verb
Definition of 'Recess'
From: GCIDE
- Recess \Re*cess"\ (r[-e]*s[e^]s"), n. [L. recessus, fr. recedere, recessum. See Recede.]
- 1. A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides. [1913 Webster]
- Every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and degradation from rationality. --South. [1913 Webster]
- My recess hath given them confidence that I may be conquered. --Eikon Basilike. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy. [1913 Webster]
- In the recess of the jury they are to consider the evidence. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
- Good verse recess and solitude requires. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school; as, the children were allowed to play in the school yard during recess. [1913 Webster]
- The recess of . . . Parliament lasted six weeks. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc. [1913 Webster]
- A bed which stood in a deep recess. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion. [1913 Webster]
- Departure from this happy place, our sweet Recess, and only consolation left. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science; the deepest recesses of the mind. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 7. (Bot. & Zool.) A sinus. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Recess'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Recess'
From: GCIDE
- Recess \Re*cess"\, n. [G.] A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire. --Brande & C. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'recess'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abeyance,
- adjourn,
- adytum,
- alcove,
- apartheid,
- apartness,
- ashram,
- asylum,
- bay,
- bolt-hole,
- bosom,
- break,
- breath,
- breathe,
- breather,
- breathing place,
- breathing space,
- breathing spell,
- breathing time,
- cache,
- caesura,
- call a break,
- call a recess,
- call time,
- carrel,
- cease-fire,
- cell,
- center,
- cigarette break,
- cloister,
- cocktail hour,
- coffee break,
- concealment,
- continue,
- core,
- corner,
- cove,
- cover,
- covert,
- coverture,
- cranny,
- cubby,
- cubbyhole,
- cubicle,
- dark corner,
- day off,
- declare a recess,
- deepest recesses,
- defer,
- delay,
- den,
- dent,
- depress,
- depths,
- detachment,
- dimple,
- dint,
- dissolve,
- downtime,
- drag out,
- drop,
- dugout,
- enforced respite,
- engrave,
- extend,
- foxhole,
- funk hole,
- half time,
- half-time intermission,
- halt,
- hang fire,
- hang up,
- happy hour,
- heart,
- heart of hearts,
- hermitage,
- hesitate,
- hesitation,
- hideaway,
- hideout,
- hidey hole,
- hiding,
- hiding place,
- hold off,
- hold over,
- hold up,
- hole,
- holiday,
- hollow,
- holy of holies,
- impress,
- imprint,
- indent,
- inglenook,
- inner,
- inner landscape,
- inner life,
- inner man,
- inner nature,
- inner recess,
- inner self,
- inside,
- interim,
- interior,
- interior man,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermit,
- intermittence,
- intern,
- internal,
- interregnum,
- interruption,
- interval,
- intervene,
- intrados,
- inward,
- isolation,
- isolationism,
- ivory tower,
- Jim Crow,
- knock off,
- lair,
- lapse,
- lay aside,
- lay by,
- lay off,
- lay over,
- layoff,
- let up,
- letup,
- lull,
- mew,
- niche,
- nook,
- notch,
- off-time,
- oriel,
- pause,
- penetralia,
- pigeonhole,
- pit,
- pitchhole,
- plateau,
- pock,
- pockmark,
- point of repose,
- postpone,
- press in,
- privacy,
- privatism,
- privatization,
- prolong,
- prorogate,
- prorogue,
- protract,
- punch,
- punch in,
- push aside,
- put aside,
- put off,
- put on ice,
- quarantine,
- quiet spell,
- recesses,
- recession,
- reclusion,
- refuge,
- relief,
- remission,
- reserve,
- respite,
- rest,
- resting point,
- retirement,
- retreat,
- rise,
- roomlet,
- rustication,
- sanctuary,
- sanctum,
- sanctum sanctorum,
- seclusion,
- secrecy,
- secret place,
- secret places,
- segregation,
- separation,
- sequestration,
- set aside,
- set back,
- set by,
- set in,
- shelve,
- shift off,
- sleep on,
- snuggery,
- soul,
- spell,
- splendid isolation,
- stamp,
- stand over,
- stand-down,
- stash,
- stave off,
- stay,
- stop for breath,
- stretch out,
- surcease,
- suspend,
- suspension,
- table,
- take a break,
- take a recess,
- take a rest,
- take five,
- take ten,
- take time out,
- tamp,
- tea break,
- terminate,
- time off,
- time out,
- truce,
- undercovert,
- vacation,
- vital center,
- vitals,
- waive,
- withdrawal