n. | 1. | A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; |
2. | The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy. | |
3. | Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school; | |
4. | Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc. | |
5. | A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion. | |
6. | Secret or abstruse part; | |
7. | (Bot. & Zool.) A sinus. | |
v. t. | 1. | To make a recess in; |
n. | 1. | A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: deferral |
2. | recess - a small concavity | |
3. | recess - an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) Synonyms: inlet | |
4. | recess - an enclosure that is set back or indented Synonyms: niche | |
5. | recess - a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" | |
Verb | 1. | recess - put into a recess; "recess lights" |
2. | recess - make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood" | |
3. | recess - close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" |