recess

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Synonyms: precess, secess

Antonyms: precess, secess

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|indented space}}{{lb|en|countable}} A [[depressed#Adjective|depressed]], [[hollow#Adjective|hollow]], or [[indented#Adjective|indented]] [[space#Noun|space]]; also, a [[hole#Noun|hole]] or [[opening#Noun|opening]].
2. {{lb|en|countable}} A [[hidden#Adjective|hidden]], [[innermost#Adjective|innermost]], or [[inaccessible]] [[place#Noun|place]] or [[part#Noun|part]] of a place.
3. {{lb|en|countable}} A [[temporary]] [[stoppage]] of an [[activity]]; a [[break#Noun|break]], a [[pause#Noun|pause]].
4. {{lb|en|countable|archaic}} An [[act#Noun|act]] of [[retire#Verb|retiring]] or [[withdraw#Verb|withdrawing]]; a [[move back|moving back]].
5. {{senseid|en|decree}}{{lb|en|countable|historical}} A [[decree#Noun|decree]] or [[resolution]] of the [[diet#Noun|diet]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] or the [[Hanseatic League]].
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7. {{lb|en|countable|geology}} An overall-[[concave]], [[reentrant]] section of a [[sinuous]] [[fold and thrust belt]], [[thrust sheet]], or a single [[thrust fault]], caused by one or more of: [[deformation]] ([[folding]] and [[faulting]]) of [[strata]] and [[geologic]] structures during [[orogenesis]], differences in the angle of [[critical taper]] during orogenesis, or differing [[erosional level]] of the present [[geomorphological]] [[surface]].
8. {{lb|en|countable|anatomy}} An extension or outpouching of a cavity (e.g. [[articular recess]], [[peritoneal recess]],...)

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|obsolete|rare}} Of a [[place#Noun|place]] or [[time#Noun|time]]: [[distant]], [[remote#Adjective|remote]].

Verb

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2. {{lb|en|intransitive|chiefly|US|government}}

Proper noun

1. {{place|en|village|co/Galway|c/Ireland}}.

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