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noun

Recess n.

1.

A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides. "Every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and degradation from rationality." "My recess hath given them confidence that I may be conquered."

2.

The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy. "In the recess of the jury they are to consider the evidence." "Good verse recess and solitude requires."

3.

Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school; as, the children were allowed to play in the school yard during recess. "The recess of... Parliament lasted six weeks."

4.

Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc. "A bed which stood in a deep recess."

5.

A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion. "Departure from this happy place, our sweet Recess, and only consolation left."

6.

Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science; the deepest recesses of the mind.

7.

(Bot. & Zool.) A sinus.

Recess n. A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.

verb

Recess v. t. (past & past part. recessed; pres. part. recessing) To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.

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Etymology of 'Recess'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Recess" Quotes from Famous Books

... the extremely polished boots of his calling, sat on a chair within a foot of the couch and, one hand propped on his thigh, with the other twirled his moustache to a point without uttering a sound. At a significant glance from D'Hubert he rose without alacrity and followed him into the recess of ...

— The Point Of Honor - A Military Tale • Joseph Conrad

... marks the very spot where the fatal accident occurred. Maurice followed her. They stood half concealed by the monument, and speaking low, while the tones of other voices could be distinctly heard from the recess behind the altar where the English visitors were examining the picture of the Duke's death. There was one rather high-pitched female voice which broke the solemn stillness unpleasantly, and as it became more audible, Lucia laid her hand softly on ...

— A Canadian Heroine - A Novel, Volume 3 (of 3) • Mrs. Harry Coghill

... afternoon the last children rarely leave till an hour after the time of stopping actual lessons. It is usual to arrange things so that the teacher who comes "early" one week, is free to come "late" the next, and it is also usually taken in turns to stay late in the afternoons. The short dinner recess is due to the fact that most of the children necessarily have their dinner at school, so there is no reason to allow the usual two hours for going home and coming back. During the dinner-hour the children are in charge of the school nurse ...

— Women Workers in Seven Professions • Edith J. Morley

... the offerings of the faithful; for the shrine would seem to have been to ancient what Loreto has been to modern Italy, a place of pilgrimage, where princes and nobles as well as commoners poured wealth into the coffers of Diana in her green recess among the Alban hills, just as in modern times kings and queens vied with each other in enriching the black Virgin who from her Holy House on the hillside at Loreto looks out on the blue Adriatic and the purple Apennines. ...

— Balder The Beautiful, Vol. I. • Sir James George Frazer

... the King in cordial terms for his gracious speech. [345] But the Lords were in a bad humour. Two of their body, Marlborough and Huntingdon, had, during the recess, when an invasion and an insurrection were hourly expected, been sent to the Tower, and were still under recognisances. Had a country gentleman or a merchant been taken up and held to bail on even slighter grounds at so alarming a crisis, the Lords would assuredly not have interfered. But they ...

— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 4 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay

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