1. (noun) deferral, recess
a state of abeyance or suspended business
Synonyms: recess, corner, deferral, inlet, deferment, niche, recession, postponement, break, respite, time out
2. (noun) recess, recession, niche, corner
a small concavity
Synonyms: nook, recessional, quoin, deferral, respite, corner, receding, recess, ceding back, break, time out, recession, ecological niche, inlet, street corner, niche, box, turning point
3. (noun) inlet, recess
an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
Synonyms: recess, corner, deferral, inlet, recession, niche, intake, break, respite, time out
4. (noun) recess, niche
an enclosure that is set back or indented
Synonyms: recess, corner, ecological niche, deferral, inlet, recession, niche, break, respite, time out
5. (verb) respite, recess, break, time out
a pause from doing something (as work)
Synonyms: prison-breaking, rest period, deferral, rest, recession, jailbreak, respite, relief, corner, interruption, rift, intermission, severance, niche, falling out, prisonbreak, suspension, recess, breakout, faulting, break of serve, inlet, geological fault, gap, break, good luck, breaking, disruption, reprieve, open frame, gaolbreak, abatement, hiatus, breach, happy chance, fault, pause, shift, fracture, time out, breakage, rupture
6. (verb) recess
put into a recess
Synonyms: break up, adjourn
7. (verb) recess
make a recess in
Synonyms: break up, adjourn
8. (verb) adjourn, recess, break up
close at the end of a session
Synonyms: fragmentise, fragmentize, decompose, collapse, interrupt, crash, retire, split up, pick, dismantle, break up, recess, part, crock up, sever, cut off, fragment, split, disperse, separate, disrupt, dissolve, crack, disassemble, break apart, calve, dissipate, scatter, break down, resolve, take apart, dispel, adjourn, break, crack up, withdraw
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Synonyms and Antonyms of recess 
