Antonyms for re cession
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ri-sesh-uh n |
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈsɛʃ ən |
- abidance
- accomplishment
- achievement
- addition
- advance
- amplification
- appearance
- arrival
- ascent
- betterment
- blessing
- boon
- bulge
- calm
- carelessness
- cheerfulness
- climb
- coming
- continuation
- continuity
- convexity
- development
- dilation
- disregard
- encouragement
- enlargement
- entrance
- evenness
- expansion
- extension
- extravagance
- flow
- generosity
- greeting
- growth
- happiness
- hello
- hope
- hopefulness
- improvement
- imprudence
- incline
- increase
- indiscretion
- keeping
- lengthening
- level
- meeting
- neglect
- negligence
- opening
- perfection
- progress
- protuberance
- raise
- recovery
- rise
- scaling
- spending
- spread
- squandering
- stay
- staying
- strength
- strengthening
- stretch
- success
- surge
- thoughtlessness
- upgrade
Definition of re cession
Origin :- 1640s, "act of receding, a going back," from French récession "a going backward, a withdrawing," and directly from Latin recessionem (nominative recessio) "a going back," noun of action from past participle stem of recedere (see recede).
- Sense of "temporary decline in economic activity," 1929, noun of action from recess (q.v.):
- The material prosperity of the United States is too firmly based, in our opinion, for a revival in industrial activity -- even if we have to face an immediate recession of some magnitude -- to be long delayed. ["Economist," Nov. 2, 1929]
- Ayto notes, "There was more than a hint of euphemism in the coining of this term."
- As in lapse : noun backsliding
- As in avoidance : noun eluding; preventing
- As in recession : noun reversal of action; reduction of business activity
- As in slump : noun decline, failure
- As in retrogression : noun regression
- As in fallback : noun retreat
- As in nosedive : noun fall
- As in recidivation : noun lapse
- As in recidivism : noun lapse
- As in thriftiness : noun economy
- As in vanishment : noun disappearance
- As in contraction : noun drawing in; shortening
- As in decline : noun lessening
- As in departure : noun leaving
- As in depression : noun economic decline
- As in disappearance : noun vanishing
- As in ebb : noun regression; decline
- As in economy : noun saving, frugality
- As in fall : noun descent; lowering
Synonyms for re cession
- abandonment
- abatement
- abbreviating
- abbreviation
- abridgement
- abridging
- abridgment
- absention
- adieu
- austerity
- backflow
- backslide
- backsliding
- bad period
- bad times
- bankruptcy
- bear market
- belly flop
- big trouble
- blight
- blue devils
- blue funk
- bottom
- bottom out
- bottom-out
- bow out
- bust
- care
- carefulness
- caution
- ceasing to exist
- circumvention
- collapse
- comedown
- compression
- condensation
- condensing
- confinement
- confining
- congé
- constriction
- crash
- crisis
- cropper
- curtailing
- curtailment
- cut
- cutback
- cutting down
- decadence
- decampment
- decay
- declension
- decline
- decline and fall
- declivity
- decrease
- decreasing
- decrepitude
- deduction
- deflating
- deflation
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- delay
- dematerialization
- departure
- depreciation
- depression
- descent
- desertion
- deterioration
- devolution
- diminishing
- diminution
- dip
- direction
- disappearing act
- discretion
- disengagement
- disintegration
- dislocation
- dispersal
- dissipation
- dissolution
- dive
- dodge
- dodging
- downer
- downfall
- downgrade
- downslide
- downswing
- downtrend
- downturn
- downward slope
- drawing together
- drop
- drop-off
- dumps
- dwindling
- ebb
- ebbing
- eclipse
- egress
- egression
- elision
- elusion
- embarkation
- emigration
- enfeeblement
- escape
- escapism
- eschewal
- evacuation
- evanescence
- evaporating
- evaporation
- evasion
- exit
- exodus
- expatriation
- fade-out
- fading
- fading away
- failing
- failure
- fall
- falling back
- falling off
- falling-off
- farewell
- flagging
- flight
- flop
- forbearance
- frugality
- funk
- getaway
- going
- going away
- going out
- goodbye
- hard times
- header
- hegira
- husbandry
- inactivity
- incline
- inflation
- lapse
- layoff
- lessening
- letdown
- lopping
- loss
- low
- low tide
- low water
- meanness
- melting
- migration
- miserliness
- moratorium
- narrowing
- niggardliness
- nonparticipation
- nose dive
- omission
- omitting
- on the skids
- outward flow
- overproduction
- panic
- paralysis
- parcity
- parry
- parsimony
- parting
- passage
- passing
- passive resistance
- petering out
- plummet
- plunge
- powder
- pratfall
- prevention
- providence
- prudence
- pullout
- quitting
- rainy days
- receding
- recession
- recidivation
- recidivism
- recoil
- reducing
- reduction
- refluence
- reflux
- regression
- regulation
- relapse
- removal
- restraint
- retirement
- retreat
- retrenchment
- retroaction
- retrocession
- retroflux
- retrogradation
- retrogression
- reverse
- rollback
- run-around
- rut
- sag
- sailing
- scrimping
- self-restraint
- senility
- separation
- setting forth
- setting out
- shakeout
- shirking
- shrinkage
- shrinking
- shrivelling
- shunning
- sinking
- skid
- skids
- skimping
- slackening
- slant
- slide
- slip
- slope
- slowness
- slump
- sparingness
- spill
- stagflation
- stagnation
- stampede
- start
- steering clear of
- stinginess
- subsidence
- supervision
- sweep
- takeoff
- taking leave
- taking off
- tensing
- the skids
- thrift
- thriftiness
- throwback
- tightening
- trough
- tumble
- unemployment
- vacation
- vanishing act
- walkout
- wane
- waning
- weakening
- wearing away
- withdrawal
- withdrawing
- worsening
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