 recession |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (economics) the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year | |
| Related terms: | stagnation financial_condition | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the act of ceding back | |
| Synonyms: | ceding_back | |
| Related terms: | cession recede | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a small concavity | |
| Synonyms: | corner niche recess | |
| Related terms: | concavity pharyngeal_recess corner | |
| 4. | [ noun ] the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service | |
| Synonyms: | recessional | |
| Related terms: | procession | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a act of becoming more distant | |
| Synonyms: | receding | |
| Related terms: | withdrawal fall_back recede | |
| Similar spelling: |
recessional recessionary rescission recission reassign |
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