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noun
1.
the act of receding or withdrawing.
2.
a receding part of a wall, building, etc.
3.
a withdrawing procession, as at the end of a religious service.
4.
Economics. a period of an economic contraction, sometimes limited in scope or duration. Compare depression (def. 7).
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recession
"temporary decline in economic activity," 1929, from recess (q.v.):
EXPAND"The material prosperity of the United States is too firmly based, in our opinion, for a revival in industrial activity -- even if we have to face an immediate recession of some magnitude -- to be long delayed." ["Economist," Nov. 2, 1929]Ayto notes, "There was more than a hint of euphemism in the coining of this term." Recessive in genetics is 1900, from Ger. recessiv (Mendel, 1865).
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recession re·ces·sion (rĭ-sěsh'ən)
n.
The withdrawal or retreating of tissue from its normal position.
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