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/rɪsˈɛʃən/ /rˌisˈɛʃən/ Listen

Recession

noun

The state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year.

A small concavity. Synonyms: corner, niche, recess.

The withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service. Synonym: recessional.

The act of ceding back. Synonym: ceding back.

The act of becoming more distant. Synonym: receding.

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"Recession" Quotes from Famous Books

... the conditions under which the gravel-banks were deposited and their probable age; and it is generally agreed that they date from the later portion of the Glacial period, or about the time of the final recession of the ice-sheet from this region. At that time, in its climate and general aspect, New York harbour must have been much like a Greenland fiord of the present day. In 1883 Professor Wright of Oberlin, after a careful study of the Trenton deposits and ...

— The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) - with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest • John Fiske

Words linked to "Recession" : procession, withdrawal, incurvation, ceding, economic condition, recede, concave shape, concavity, incurvature, pharyngeal recess, cession