temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.

a period of such withdrawal.

a receding part or space, as a bay or alcove in a room.

an indentation in a line or extent of coast, hills, forest, etc.

recesses, a secluded or inner area or part

in the recesses of the palace.

to place or set in a recess.

to set or form as or like a recess; make a recess or recesses in

to recess a wall.

to suspend or defer for a recess

to recess the Senate.

to take a recess.

noun

continuation

verb

continue

noun

alcove , ambush , angle , apse , bay , break , carrel , cavity , cell , closet , cove , cranny , crutch , crypt , cubicle , dent , depression , depths , embrasure , fork , heart , hiding place , hole , hollow , indentation , mouth , nook , opening , oriel , penetralia , reaches , retreat , secret place , slot , socket , break-off , breather * , breathing spell , cessation , closure , coffee break , cutoff , downtime * , halt , happy hour * , hiatus , holiday , interlude , intermission , interregnum , layoff , letup , lull , pause , respite , rest , stop , suspension , ten * , time-out , vacation , armistice , continuance , interim , niche , privacy , retirement , seclusion , withdrawal

verb

adjourn , break off * , break up * , call time , dissolve , drop , drop it , pigeonhole * , prorogate , prorogue , put on hold , rise , shake , sideline * , take a break , take a breather , take five , take ten , terminate , alcove , apse , cave , cavity , cleft , closet , cove , cranny , crypt , depression , hole , niche , nook , sinus