Antonyms for recess
rɪˈsɛs, ˈri sɛsre·cess

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1. recessadjective

   Remote, distant (in time or place).

   Thomas Salusbury: Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: I should think it best in the subsequent discourses to begin to examine whether the Earth be esteemed immoveable, as it hath been till now believed by most men, or else moveable, as some ancient Philosophers held, and others of not very recesse times were of opinion;

   Synonyms:
   pause, vacation, break, day off

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1. recess

   Antonyms:
   promontory, protrusion, projection, publicity, worktime

   Synonyms:
   cavity, nook, withdrawal, retirement, retreat, seclusion, privacy, vacation, holiday

Matched Categories

1. • Abeyance
   • Body Of Water
   • Indent
   • Put
   • Sea

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1. deferral, recessnoun

   a state of abeyance or suspended business

   Synonyms:
   corner, deferral, inlet, deferment, niche, recession, postponement, break, respite, time out

2. recess, recession, niche, cornernoun

   a small concavity

   Synonyms:
   nook, recessional, quoin, deferral, respite, corner, receding, ceding back, break, time out, recession, ecological niche, inlet, street corner, niche, box, turning point

3. inlet, recessnoun

   an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

   Synonyms:
   corner, deferral, inlet, recession, niche, intake, break, respite, time out

4. recess, nichenoun

   an enclosure that is set back or indented

   Synonyms:
   corner, ecological niche, deferral, inlet, recession, niche, break, respite, time out

5. respite, recess, break, time outverb

   a pause from doing something (as work)

   "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"

   Synonyms:
   prison-breaking, rest period, deferral, rest, recession, jailbreak, respite, relief, corner, interruption, rift, intermission, severance, niche, falling out, prisonbreak, suspension, breakout, faulting, break of serve, inlet, geological fault, gap, break, good luck, breaking, disruption, reprieve, open frame, gaolbreak, abatement, hiatus, breach, happy chance, fault, pause, shift, fracture, time out, breakage, rupture

6. recessverb

   put into a recess

   "recess lights"

   Synonyms:
   break up, adjourn

7. recessverb

   make a recess in

   "recess the piece of wood"

   Synonyms:
   break up, adjourn

8. adjourn, recess, break upverb

   close at the end of a session

   "The court adjourned"

   Synonyms:
   fragmentise, fragmentize, decompose, collapse, interrupt, crash, retire, split up, pick, dismantle, break up, part, crock up, sever, cut off, fragment, split, disperse, separate, disrupt, dissolve, crack, disassemble, break apart, calve, dissipate, scatter, break down, resolve, take apart, dispel, adjourn, break, crack up, withdraw

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1. recessnoun

   Synonyms:
   retreat, withdrawal, retirement, intermission, alcove, niche, nook, retreat, seclusion, privacy

How to use recess in a sentence?

1. Mitch McConnells:

   Due to the historic obstruction by Senate Democrats of the President's nominees, and the goal of passing appropriations bills prior to the end of the fiscal year, the August recess has been canceled, senators should expect to remain in session in August to pass legislation, including appropriations bills, and to make additional progress on the President's nominees.

2. Frank Peirce of Nashville:

   Recess is so important because it teaches kids how to interact socially with one another, without adults being directly involved. Recess should be a part of the day where kids get to learn on their own.

3. Senator Allen:

   There( was) about, maybe a third of our schools in Arizona that were not doing recess, a recess coalition of very concerned citizens — Christine Davis and Scott Turner -- are two individuals that came to see me. They had been trying to work with school districts that were not providing recess and they were n’t getting anywhere. As I thought about it, I thought,' Well goodness, these kids need a break.'.

4. John Boehner:

   But over the course of the August recess in 2013 and in September, a lot of my Republican colleagues who knew this was a fool's errand -- really, they were getting all this pressure from home to do this.

5. Heather Stewart:

   Suggestion from more than one source of a Privy Council meeting at Balmoral today, to discuss/agree extending the conference recess until 14 October.

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