A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides. "Every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and degradation from rationality." "My recess hath given them confidence that I may be conquered."
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"Recess" Quotes from Famous Books — Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892 • Various — A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 1 (of 3) of Volume 10. • James D. Richardson — Agatha's Husband - A Novel • Dinah Maria Craik (AKA: Dinah Maria Mulock) — The Story of the Cambrian - A Biography of a Railway • C. P. Gasquoine — The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 4, No. 23, September, 1859 • Various |
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