recession
1. the state of the economy declines;
a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
economic condition
2. the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
• Syn:
recessional
• Derivationally related forms:
recessional (for: recessional)
• Hypernyms:
procession
3. the act of becoming more distant
• Syn:
receding
• Derivationally related forms:
recessional, recede, recede (for: receding)
• Hypernyms:
withdrawal
4. a small concavity
• Syn:
recess, niche, corner
• Derivationally related forms:
corner (for: corner), recess (for: recess)
• Hypernyms:
concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
• Hyponyms:
pharyngeal recess
5. the act of ceding back
• Syn:
ceding back
• Derivationally related forms:
recede
• Hypernyms:
cession, ceding
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