recession

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act or an instance of receding or withdrawing.

   […]that light may break forth from the deepest enclosures of darkness, and mercy may rejoice upon the recessions of justice, and grace may triumph upon the ruin of sin, and God may be glorified in the miracles of our conversion, and the wonders of our preservation and glories of our being saved.

2. 2
   noun

   A period of low temperatures that causes a reduction in species; ice age.

   Eastward in Bosnia, while the central European clime prevails, the thermic gradient does not follow the recession in the north latitude, but the elevation of the terrain.

3. 3
   noun

   A period of reduced economic activity.

   Statisticians often define a recession as negative real GDP growth during two consecutive quarters.

4. 4
   noun

   A procedure in which an extraocular muscle is detached from the globe of the eye and reattached posteriorly.

   Bilateral medial rectus muscle recession when angle is stable. Controversy exists regarding optimal timing of surgery. If greater than 40 prism diopter esotropia, some recommend bimedial recession with resection of one lateral rectus muscle.

5. 5
   noun

   the act of becoming more distant

6. 6
   noun

   the act of ceding back

7. 7
   noun

   the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service

8. 8
   noun

   a small concavity

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recessiō, from recēdō (“recede, retreat”), from re- (“back”) + cēdō (“to go”). By surface analysis, recess + -ion.