recess
noun
[ rɪˈsɛs ]
• a small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest.
• "a table set into a recess"
• a period of time when the proceedings of a parliament, committee, court of law, or other official body are temporarily suspended.
• "talks resumed after a month's recess"
recess
verb
• attach (a fitment) by setting it back into the wall or surface to which it is fixed.
• "the lights are going to be recessed into the ceiling"
• (of formal proceedings) be temporarily suspended.
• "the talks recessed at 2.15"
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘withdrawal, departure’): from Latin recessus, from recedere ‘go back’ (see recede). The verb dates from the early 19th century.
