Recession

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A cession or granting back; retrocession: as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign.
  • noun. The act of receding or going back; withdrawal; retirement, as from a position reached or from a demand made.
  • noun. The state of being put back; a position relatively withdrawn.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.
  • noun. A period during which economic activity, as measured by gross domestic product, declines for at least two quarters in a row in a specific country. If the decline is severe and long, such as greater than ten percent, it may be termed a depression.
  • noun. A procession in which people leave a ceremony, such as at a religious service.
  • noun. The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act or an instance of receding
  • noun. A period of reduced economic activity
  • noun. The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
  • noun. the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year
  • noun. a small concavity
  • noun. the act of becoming more distant
  • noun. the act of ceding back
    • Word Usage
    "BLOOMBERG: Whether the term recession, which is a technical term, will be appropriate, I have no idea, but the country is in a-- has some very serious economic problems."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    advanced  boom  depression  progress  
    cross-reference
    angle of recession  retreat  
    Form
    recessionary  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ceding  cession  economic condition  procession  withdrawal  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hessian  accession  aggression  compression  concession  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bankruptcy  breakdown  collapse  contraction  crisis  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abandonment  alcove  backset  backsliding  backward motion  
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