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recess

Part of Speech: noun

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            1.                                             A                                                         withdrawing                                                         or                                                         retiring;                                                           a                                                         moving                                                         back;                                                         retreat;                                                         as,                                                         the                                                           recess                                                         of                                                         the                                                           tides.                                    

            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                                                        being                                                         withdrawn;                                                         seclusion;                                                           privacy.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;                                                         as,                                                         the                                                         difficulties                                                         and                                                           recesses                                                         of                                                         science.                                    

            7.                                             A                                                         sinus.                                    

            8.                                             A                                                         decree                                                         of                                                         the                                                         imperial                                                         diet                                                         of                                                         the                                                         old                                                         German                                                         empire.                                    
Part of Speech: verb transitive

            1.                                           To                                                         make                                                           a                                                           recess                                                         in;                                                         as,                                                         to                                                           recess                                                           a                                                         wall.

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The work of the school proceeded; and at last, when recess came, the English teacher called the little girl to her. - "A Very Naughty Girl", L. T. Meade.
The light shone full on his features which Molly eagerly scanned from her safe recess. - "The Light of Scarthey", Egerton Castle.
In school, of course- at recess- and before nine, and after one. - "The Danger Mark", Robert W. Chambers.

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