recess

IPA: rɪsˈɛs

(countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
(architecture) A small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest; a niche.
(criminal slang, usually in the plural) The place in a prison where the communal lavatories are located.
(countable) A hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.
(archaic) A place of retirement, retreat, or seclusion.
(figuratively, usually in the plural) An obscure, remote, or secret situation.
(countable) A temporary stoppage of an activity; a break, a pause.
(government) A period of time when the proceedings of a committee, court of law, parliament, or other official body are temporarily suspended.
(Australia, Britain, Canada, US, education) A time away from studying during the school day for a meal or recreation.
(countable, archaic) An act of retiring or withdrawing; a moving back.
(countable, historical) A decree or resolution of the diet of the Holy Roman Empire or the Hanseatic League.
(obsolete)
(countable) An act of retiring or withdrawing from public life, society, etc.; also, an act of living in retirement or seclusion, or a period of such retirement or seclusion.
(uncountable)
Leisure, relaxation.
The state of being withdrawn.
(figuratively)
(countable) A departure from a norm or position.
(countable) A time interval during which something ceases; an interruption, a respite.
A village in County Galway, Ireland.

(transitive)
To position (something) a distance behind another thing; to set back.
(often architecture)
To make a recess (noun sense 1 and sense 1.1) in (something).
(also reflexive) Often preceded by in or into: to inset (something) into a recess or niche.
(figuratively) To conceal, to hide.
(chiefly US, government)
To temporarily suspend (a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.).
(informal) To make a recess appointment in respect of (someone).
(intransitive, chiefly US, government)
Of a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.: to adjourn, to take a break.
Of an official body: to suspend proceedings for a period of time.

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