recess
- Noun. (countable, or) A break, pause or vacation.
- Noun. An inset, hole, space or opening.
- Noun. (US) A time of play, usually, on a playground.
- Verb. To inset into something, or to recede.
- Verb. (intransitive) To take or declare a break.
- Adjective. (obsolete, rare) Remote, distant (in time or place).
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