Noun
- 1. recession, economic condition
- usage: the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year
- 2. recess, recession, niche, corner, concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
- usage: a small concavity
- 3. recession, recessional, procession
- usage: the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
- 4. recession, ceding back, cession, ceding
- usage: the act of ceding back
- 5. receding, recession, withdrawal
- usage: the act of becoming more distant
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