Recess

n. break from proceedings, intermission, pause in activity; niche, indentation in a wall, alcove; scheduled break in the middle of a school day

v. take a break from proceedings, take a pause from activities; make a niche, set back from the surface

This article is about the break period. For the animated series, see Recess (TV series). For the record label, see Recess Records. For the village, see Recess, County Galway Recess is a general term for a period of time in which a group of people is temporarily dismissed from its duties. In parliamentary procedure, "recess" refers to legislative bodies—such as  parliaments, assemblies, juries—that are released to reassemble at a later time. This is used as an alternative to  adjournment. Under the commonly used Robert's Rules of Order, a motion to recess may not be called when another person has the floor, is not reconsiderable, and requires a second and a majority vote.
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Noun
1. a state of abeyance or suspended business
(synonym) deferral
(hypernym) abeyance, suspension
2. a small concavity
(synonym) recession, niche, corner
(hypernym) concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
(hyponym) pharyngeal recess
3. an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
(synonym) inlet
(hypernym) body of water, water
(hyponym) Bristol Channel
(part-holonym) sea
4. an enclosure that is set back or indented
(synonym) niche
(hypernym) enclosure
(hyponym) alcove, bay
5. a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
(synonym) respite, break, time out
(hypernym) pause
(hyponym) spring break
(derivation) adjourn, break up
Verb
1. put into a recess; "recess lights"
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
(derivation) niche
2. make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood"
(hypernym) indent
(derivation) recession, niche, corner
3. close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"
(synonym) adjourn, break up
(hypernym) end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
(derivation) respite, break, time out

(v. t.)
To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.
  

(n.)
The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
  

(n.)
Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science.
  

(n.)
Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school.
  

(n.)
Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc.
  

(n.)
A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.
  

(n.)
A sinus.
  

(n.)
A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
  

(n.)
A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
  

A safe area in an early tourney , where horsemen could gather and rest without fear of capture.