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Definition of recess:
a state of abeyance or suspended business
a small concavity an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) an enclosure that is set back or indented a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" put into a recess; "recess lights" make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood" close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" |