Synonyms for recess
rɪˈsɛs, ˈri sɛsre·cess

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1. recessadjective

   Remote, distant (in time or place).

   Thomas Salusbury: Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: I should think it best in the subsequent discourses to begin to examine whether the Earth be esteemed immoveable, as it hath been till now believed by most men, or else moveable, as some ancient Philosophers held, and others of not very recesse times were of opinion;

   Synonyms:
   pause, vacation, break, day off

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1. recess

   Synonyms:
   cavity, nook, withdrawal, retirement, retreat, seclusion, privacy, vacation, holiday

   Antonyms:
   promontory, protrusion, projection, publicity, worktime

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1. deferral, recessnoun

   a state of abeyance or suspended business

   Synonyms:
   corner, deferral, inlet, deferment, niche, recession, postponement, break, respite, time out

2. recess, recession, niche, cornernoun

   a small concavity

   Synonyms:
   nook, recessional, quoin, deferral, respite, corner, receding, ceding back, break, time out, recession, ecological niche, inlet, street corner, niche, box, turning point

3. inlet, recessnoun

   an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

   Synonyms:
   corner, deferral, inlet, recession, niche, intake, break, respite, time out

4. recess, nichenoun

   an enclosure that is set back or indented

   Synonyms:
   corner, ecological niche, deferral, inlet, recession, niche, break, respite, time out

5. respite, recess, break, time outverb

   a pause from doing something (as work)

   "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"

   Synonyms:
   prison-breaking, rest period, deferral, rest, recession, jailbreak, respite, relief, corner, interruption, rift, intermission, severance, niche, falling out, prisonbreak, suspension, 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. recessverb

   put into a recess

   "recess lights"

   Synonyms:
   break up, adjourn

7. recessverb

   make a recess in

   "recess the piece of wood"

   Synonyms:
   break up, adjourn

8. adjourn, recess, break upverb

   close at the end of a session

   "The court adjourned"

   Synonyms:
   fragmentise, fragmentize, decompose, collapse, interrupt, crash, retire, split up, pick, dismantle, break up, 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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1. • Abeyance
   • Body Of Water
   • Indent
   • Put
   • Sea

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1. recessnoun

   Synonyms:
   retreat, nook, corner, niche, place of retirement

2. recessnoun

   Synonyms:
   intermission, respite, remission of labor, suspension of business

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1. recessnoun

   Synonyms:
   retreat, withdrawal, retirement, intermission, alcove, niche, nook, retreat, seclusion, privacy

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1. List of paraphrases for "recess":

   break, holiday, playtime, suspension, adjournment, pause, vacation, 'clock, cavity, recreation, niche

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1. Kevin McCarthy:

   It was an honor spending the August recess on the campaign trail with over 100 members and candidates. Throughout my travels from Oregon to Rhode Island, voters are fired up and ready to make their voices heard to stop Democrats' runaway inflation, secure our borders, and reduce the rise in violent crime.

2. Malyaiya White:

   I was actually at recess, I was by the gate of the shooting, and my teacher told me her dad got shot.

3. Kathleen Fitzpatrick -LRB- 10 -RRB-:

   I usually play basketball with the kids at recess, and I don’t really take it lightly, i play as hard as I can. I just picked up a ball, and said — it was a Friday afternoon — that if I make this shot we’ll have hot chocolate on Monday as a class … I just launched it and it went in.

4. Frank Peirce of Nashville:

   What? Is that a real thing? They’re ruining the best part of a kid’s day, recess is so important because it teaches kids how to interact socially with one another, without adults being directly involved. Recess should be a part of the day where kids get to learn on their own.

5. Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar:

   When we went back for recess people had a chance to cool down and start thinking of solutions, i actually came up with this in a corn field outside of Morehead, Minnesota. That's where I called everyone from a car and I said,' here's an idea.'.