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 Recess \Re*cess"\ (r[-e]*s[e^]s"), n. [L. recessus, fr.
   recedere, recessum. See {Recede}.]
   1. A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the
      recess of the tides.
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            Every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and
            degradation from rationality.         --South.
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            My recess hath given them confidence that I may be
            conquered.                            --Eikon
                                                  Basilike.
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   2. The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
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            In the recess of the jury they are to consider the
            evidence.                             --Sir M. Hale.
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            Good verse recess and solitude requires. --Dryden.
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   3. Remission or suspension of business or procedure;
      intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school;
      as, the children were allowed to play in the school yard
      during recess.
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            The recess of . . . Parliament lasted six weeks.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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   4. Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an
      alcove, niche, etc.
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            A bed which stood in a deep recess.   --W. Irving.
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   5. A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
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            Departure from this happy place, our sweet
            Recess, and only consolation left.    --Milton.
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   6. Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses
      of science; the deepest recesses of the mind. --I. Watts.
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   7. (Bot. & Zool.) A sinus.
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