<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.</li><li>a period of such withdrawal.</li><li>a receding part or space, as a bay or alcove in a room.</li><li>an indentation in a line or extent of coast, hills, forest, etc.</li><li>a secluded or inner area or part: in the recesses of the palace.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to place or set in a recess.</li><li>to set or form as or like a recess; make a recess or recesses in: to recess a wall.</li><li>to suspend or defer for a recess: to recess the Senate.</li><li>to take a recess.</li></ul>