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NOUN:
    1. A temporary cessation of the customary activities of an engagement, occupation, or pursuit.
    2. The period of such cessation. See Synonyms at pause.
  2. A remote, secret, or secluded place. Often used in the plural.
    1. An indentation or small hollow.
    2. An alcove.
VERB:
re·cessed, re·cess·ing, re·cess·es
VERB:
tr.
  1. To place in a recess.
  2. To create or fashion a recess in: recessed a portion of the wall.
  3. To suspend for a recess: The committee chair recessed the hearings.
VERB:
intr.
To take a recess: The investigators recessed for lunch.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin recessus, retreat, from past participle of recdere, to recede ; see recede1


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