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recess noun

  /ɹiˈsɛs/ , /ɹəˈsɛs/ , /ɹɪˈsɛs/ , /ˈɹiˌsɛs/ , /ˈɹiːsɛs/
  • (Australia, Britain, North America, Philippines, education) A time away from studying during the school day for a meal or recreation.
 pause, récré, récréation
  • (countable, historical) A decree or resolution of the diet of the Holy Roman Empire or the Hanseatic League.
 recès
  • (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.
 recès, vacances
  • (government) A period of time when the proceedings of a committee, court of law, parliament, or other official body are temporarily suspended.
 vacance
  • (countable) A temporary stoppage of an activity; a break, a pause.
 vacances

recession noun

  /ɹɪˈsɛʃn̩/
  • (economics) A period of reduced economic activity
 récession

recessive adjective

  /ɹɪˈsɛsɪv/
  • (genetics) Able to be masked by a dominant allele or trait.
 récessif

recessivity

récessivité
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