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recess
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of RECESS
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a period during which the usual routine of school or work is suspended <the couple goes to Florida every January for a month-long recess from the rigors of winter>
Related Words sabbatical; furlough, liberty; breather, relaxation, respite, rest; interim, intermission, interval; feast, holy day, legal holiday; idling, loafing, lounging, slacking
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a momentary halt in an activity <the judge called for a brief recess so that the witness could regain her composure>
Related Words time-out; interim, interlude, intermission, interval, respite, rest; cessation, discontinuance, downtime, ending, expiration, finishing, hitch, lapse, stoppage, stopping, termination; abeyance, moratorium, surcease, suspension; discontinuity, gap, hiatus
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a sunken area forming a separate space <decided to camp in a sandy recess where the beach met the forest>
Related Words burrow, cave, cavern, ditch, excavation, furrow, groove, gutter, trench, trough; basin, bowl, valley; alcove, cleft, niche, nook, opening, recess, socket; alveolus, dimple, gouge, impression, imprint, notch, pocket; borehole, chuckhole, crater, posthole, pothole, sinkhole, wallow, water hole, well; abyss, chasm, gulf, vacuity, vacuum, void
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