Recess
Recess (re*ses") , noun
[Latin recessus, from recedere, recessum. See Recede.]
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The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.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. — I. Watts
7.
(Botany & Zoology) A sinus.
Recess , transitive verb
To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.
Recess , noun
[German]
A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire. — Brande & C