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1.NounA depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening."Put a generous recess behind the handle for finger space."
2.NounA small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest; a niche.
3.NounThe place in a prison where the communal lavatories are located.
4.NounA hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.
A place of retirement, retreat, or seclusion.
An obscure, remote, or secret situation."the difficulties and recesses of science"
5.NounA place of retirement, retreat, or seclusion.
6.NounAn obscure, remote, or secret situation."the difficulties and recesses of science"
7.NounA temporary stoppage of an activity; a break, a pause."Spring recess offers a good chance to travel.; Students who do not listen in class will not play outside during recess."
8.NounA period of time when the proceedings of a committee, court of law, parliament, or other official body are temporarily suspended.
9.NounA time away from studying during the school day for a meal or recreation."Students who do not listen in class will not play outside during recess."
10.NounAn act of retiring or withdrawing; a moving back."the recess of the tides"
11.NounA decree or resolution of the diet of the Holy Roman Empire or the Hanseatic League.
12.NounAn act of retiring or withdrawing from public life, society, etc.; also, an act of living in retirement or seclusion, or a period of such retirement or seclusion.
Leisure, relaxation.
The state of being withdrawn.
13.NounAn act of retiring or withdrawing from public life, society, etc.; also, an act of living in retirement or seclusion, or a period of such retirement or seclusion.
14.NounLeisure, relaxation.
The state of being withdrawn.
15.NounLeisure, relaxation.
16.NounThe state of being withdrawn.
17.NounA departure from a norm or position.
A time interval during which something ceases; an interruption, a respite.
18.NounA departure from a norm or position.
19.NounA time interval during which something ceases; an interruption, a respite.
20.NounAn 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.
21.NounAn extension or outpouching of a cavity (e.g. articular recess, peritoneal recess,...)
22.AdjectiveOf a place or time: distant, remote.
23.VerbTo position (something) a distance behind another thing; to set back.
To make a recess (noun senses 1 and 1.1) in (something)."to recess a wall; That gargoyle recesses into the rest of architecture.; Recess the screw so it does not stick out."
24.VerbTo position (something) a distance behind another thing; to set back.
25.VerbTo make a recess (noun senses 1 and 1.1) in (something)."to recess a wall; That gargoyle recesses into the rest of architecture.; Recess the screw so it does not stick out."
26.VerbTo make a recess (noun senses 1 and 1.1) in (something)."to recess a wall"
27.VerbOften preceded by in or into: to inset (something) into a recess or niche."That gargoyle recesses into the rest of architecture.; Recess the screw so it does not stick out."
28.VerbTo conceal, to hide.
29.VerbTo temporarily suspend (a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.).
To make a recess appointment in respect of (someone).
30.VerbTo temporarily suspend (a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.).
31.VerbTo make a recess appointment in respect of (someone).
32.VerbOf a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.: to adjourn, to take a break."Class will recess for 20 minutes.; This court shall recess for its lunch break now."
33.VerbOf a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.: to adjourn, to take a break."Class will recess for 20 minutes."
34.VerbOf an official body: to suspend proceedings for a period of time."This court shall recess for its lunch break now."