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Definition of Recession

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

2. Noun. A small concavity.

3. Noun. The withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service.

4. Noun. The act of ceding back.

5. Noun. The act of becoming more distant.

Definition of Recession

1. n. The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.

2. n. The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign.

Definition of Recession

1. Noun. The act or an instance of receding ¹

2. Noun. A period of reduced economic activity ¹

3. Noun. The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Recession

1. cession [n -S] - See also: cession

Medical Definition of Recession

1. A withdrawal or retreating. See: retraction. Origin: L. Recessio (see recessus) (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Recession

receptosomes receptour recepts recertification recertifications recertified recertifies recertify recertifying recess

recess appointment recess appointments recessed recesses recessing recession (current term) recessional recessional march recessionals recessionary

recessionista recessionistas recessionlike recessionproof recessions recessitivity recessive recessive character recessive gene recessive inheritance

Literary usage of Recession

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report (1903)
"recession OF THE FALLS. Through the courtesy of Mr. HC Rizer, acting director of ... Since that date the recession has been comparatively small at the apex, ..."

2. History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States by Emory Richard Johnson, Thurman William Van Metre, Grover Gerhardt Huebner, David Scott Hanchet (1915)
"Twelve years of trade recession, 1819- 1830, 37. Causes of the stagnation in the export trade, 1819-1830, 38. Six years of improvement, 1831-1836, 41. ..."

3. Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical by Victoria Institute (Great Britain) (1894)
"NOTE ON THE recession OF NIAGARA FALLS. The question of the rate of the recession of the Falls of Niagara has been the subject of much inquiry, ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1908)
"recession of the Niagara Falls. By Dr. JW SPENCER. ... Between 1890 and 1905 the rate of recession diminished. Soundings under the Falls and throughout the ..."

5. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1907)
"recession OF ALASKAN GLACIERS. head of the glen, G miles south of Loch Killin, ... recession OF ALASKAN GLACIERS.» By OTTO KLOTZ, LL.D., FRAS IN No. 5, vol. ..."

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