recession

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Synonyms: secession, recussion, decession, recension, precession, recission, recesion, accession, regression, reversion, procession

Antonyms: secession, recussion, decession, recension, precession, recission, recesion, accession, regression, reversion, procession

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Noun

1. The act or an instance of [[receding]] or withdrawing.
2. A period of [[low]] [[temperature]]s that causes a reduction in [[species]]; [[ice age]].
3. {{senseid|en|Q176494}}{{lb|en|economics}} A period of reduced [[economic]] [[activity]].
4. The [[ceremonial]] [[file out|filing out]] of [[clergy]] and/or choir at the end of a church service.
5. The act of [[cede|ceding]] something back.
6. {{lb|en|surgery}} A [[procedure]] in which an [[extraocular]] [[muscle]] is [[detach]]ed from the [[globe]] of the [[eye]] and [[reattach]]ed [[posterior]]ly.

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