Antonyms for re cesses
Grammar : Adv, noun, verb |
Spell : ri-ses, ree-ses |
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈsɛs, ˈri sɛs |
- accept
- accord
- action
- activity
- advance
- agitation
- agreement
- alikeness
- allow
- association
- attachment
- awakening
- bad luck
- base
- bear
- begin
- beginning
- binding
- blame
- border
- bulge
- busyness
- carry on
- carry out
- censure
- clamor
- closing
- closure
- combination
- commence
- commencement
- conclusion
- consciousness
- continuance
- continuation
- continue
- continuity
- convene
- convoke
- core
- cowardice
- create
- difficulty
- distress
- disturbance
- do
- employ
- employment
- encourage
- ending
- energy
- engage
- entertainment
- establish
- expedite
- exterior
- exteriority
- fastening
- fear
- finish
- forward
- free
- further
- go
- go on
- harmony
- hasten
- hire
- hold
- hurry
- hurt
- imprisonment
- incarceration
- initiate
- initiation
- injury
- introduce
- introduction
- juncture
- keep
- keep on
- labor
- let go
- likeness
- margin
- misfortune
- noise
- open
- opening
- operation
- outside
- periphery
- permit
- persistence
- punishment
- rally
- ratify
- release
- renewal
- restart
- restraint
- restriction
- revival
- sameness
- schedule
- sentence
- set up
- similarity
- solid
- start
- stimulate
- uphold
- upset
- urge
- wakefulness
- welcome
- work
- worry
Definition of re cesses
Origin :- 1530s, "act of receding," from Latin recessus "a going back, retreat," from recessum, past participle of recedere "to recede" (see recede). Meaning "hidden or remote part" first recorded 1610s; that of "period of stopping from usual work" is from 1620s, probably from parliamentary notion of "recessing" into private chambers.
- As in meantime : adv in the intervening time
- As in inside : noun middle, lining
- As in interlude : noun pause, break
- As in leisure : noun free time and its activities
- As in letup : noun pause
- As in niche : noun place all one's own
- As in nook : noun corner, cubbyhole
- As in opening : noun gap, hole
- As in pause : noun wait, delay
- As in pigeonhole : noun compartment
- As in recess : noun niche, corner
- As in recess : noun break, interval in action
- As in respite : noun pause, suspension in activity
- As in rest : noun inactivity
- As in sabbatical : noun leave
- As in slot : noun opening, place
- As in bay : noun alcove in wall
- As in vacation : noun planned time spent not working
- As in insides : noun interior
- As in bowels : noun insides
- As in break : noun interruption of activity
- As in time off : noun leisure time
- As in time-out : noun suspension of activity
- As in playtime : noun recreation
- As in abeyance : noun being inactive or suspended
- As in coffee break : noun pause from work
- As in breather : noun rest
- As in sinus : noun cavity
- As in cell : noun small room, container
- As in cessation : noun ending
- As in interspace : noun gap
- As in latency : noun abeyance
- As in closet : noun storage cupboard, usually tall
- As in adjournment : noun discontinuation or delay of a proceeding
- As in corner : noun niche
- As in downtime : noun time during which an activity is stopped
- As in alcove : noun nook, secluded spot
- As in gap : noun break, breach
- As in holiday : noun celebratory day; time off
- As in recess : verb stop action
- As in terminate : verb stop, finish
- As in adjourn : verb stop a proceeding
Synonyms for re cesses
- abatement
- abeyance
- abeyancy
- abolish
- abort
- achieve
- acquittal
- adjourn
- adjournment
- alcove
- ambry
- ambush
- amusement
- angle
- anniversary
- annul
- antechamber
- anteroom
- antrum
- apartment
- aperture
- apnea
- apse
- arrest
- arroyo
- at the same time
- bastille
- bay
- belly
- bin
- blank
- blow
- booth
- bounce
- bound
- bow window
- bowels
- bower
- box
- breach
- break
- break off
- break up
- break-off
- breast
- breath
- breather
- breathing space
- breathing spell
- bring to an end
- buffet
- burrow
- byplace
- cabinet
- caesura
- cage
- call time
- calling
- calm
- calmness
- cancel
- canyon
- carrel
- cavity
- cease
- ceasing
- celebration
- cell
- center
- cessation
- chamber
- chance
- channel
- chasm
- chest of drawers
- chink
- cleft
- cloister
- close
- closet
- closure
- clothes room
- clove
- coffee break
- cold storage
- come to an end
- comfort
- comma
- compartment
- complete
- components
- composure
- conclude
- conclusion
- concurrently
- confine
- container
- contents
- convenience
- coop
- core
- corner
- cove
- crack
- cranny
- crevice
- crib
- crutch
- crypt
- cubbyhole
- cubicle
- curb
- cut
- cut off
- cutoff
- day of rest
- day off
- deadlock
- deep
- defer
- deferment
- deferral
- defile
- define
- delay
- deliverance
- den
- dent
- depository
- depression
- depths
- desist
- desistance
- determine
- difference
- disagreement
- discharge
- discontinuance
- discontinuation
- discontinue
- discontinuity
- dismiss
- disparity
- dissolve
- divergence
- divide
- division
- door
- dormancy
- downtime
- doze
- dreaminess
- drop
- drop it
- dungeon
- ease
- eliminate
- embrasure
- end
- entrails
- episode
- exculpation
- expire
- extinguish
- feast
- festival
- festivity
- fete
- few days off
- fiesta
- finish
- fire
- fissure
- five
- for now
- for the duration
- for the moment
- for then
- forgiveness
- fork
- forty winks
- fracture
- free time
- freedom
- freeze
- furlough
- gala
- gap
- gone fishing
- gorge
- gridlock
- grinding halt
- groove
- gulch
- gully
- gut
- guts
- halt
- halting
- happy hour
- hatch
- heart
- hesitancy
- hesitation
- hiatus
- hide-out
- hideaway
- hideout
- hiding place
- hitch
- hold
- hold off
- hold over
- hold up
- hole
- holiday
- hollow
- holy day
- hush
- idle hours
- idleness
- idyll
- immunity
- in the interim
- in the interval
- in the meanwhile
- inactivity
- inconsistency
- indentation
- inglenook
- innards
- inner parts
- inner portion
- interim
- interior
- interlude
- intermission
- internal organs
- interregnum
- interruption
- interspace
- interstice
- interval
- intestines
- issue
- jubilee
- keep
- lacuna
- lapse
- latency
- layoff
- leave
- leave of absence
- leisure
- lessening
- let-up
- letup
- liberty
- limit
- locker
- lockup
- long weekend
- lull
- meantime
- meanwhile
- mental health day
- middle
- moratorium
- motionlessness
- mouth
- nap
- niche
- nook
- notch
- one's own sweet time
- opening
- opportunity
- oriel
- orifice
- outlet
- pardon
- parenthesis
- pausation
- pause
- peace
- pen
- penetralia
- perfect
- perforation
- pigeonhole
- place
- pleasure
- position
- postpone
- postponement
- prorogate
- prorogation
- prorogue
- protraction
- put an end to
- put off
- put on hold
- putting off
- quiescence
- quiet
- quietude
- quoin
- R and R
- range
- ravine
- reaches
- receptacle
- recess
- recesses
- recreation
- red-letter day
- refreshment
- relaxation
- release
- relief
- remission
- rent
- repose
- repository
- reprieve
- requiescence
- respite
- rest
- rest period
- restrain
- restrict
- result
- retirement
- retreat
- rift
- rise
- room
- run out
- rupture
- sabbatical
- sack
- safe
- saint's day
- scope
- scratch
- screaming halt
- scrub
- scuttle
- secret place
- section
- separation
- shake
- shelve
- shore leave
- short break
- sick leave
- sideboard
- sideline
- siesta
- silence
- simultaneously
- slackening
- sleep
- slit
- slot
- slumber
- socket
- somnolence
- soul
- space
- spare moments
- spare time
- spell
- split
- spout
- stall
- stand
- standstill
- stay
- stillness
- stop
- stopover
- stoppage
- study
- stuffing
- suspend
- suspension
- take a break
- take a breather
- take five
- take ten
- tea break
- tear
- temporarily deferred
- ten
- terminate
- termination
- tether
- time
- time off
- time on one's hands
- time out
- time to burn
- time to kill
- time-out
- tower
- tranquillity
- truce
- two weeks with pay
- ultimate
- unemployment
- vacancy
- vacant hour
- vacation
- vacuity
- vault
- vent
- viscera
- vitals
- vocation
- void
- wait
- waiting
- walk-in
- wardrobe
- while
- wind down
- wind up
- window
- womb
- workings
- wrap
- wrap up
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