About The Word Recession

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Recession to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Recession definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Recession

Recession Meaning & Definition
Recession Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Recession?

[n] the act of becoming more distant
[n] the act of ceding back
[n] a small concavity
[n] the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year

Synonyms | Synonyms for Recession: ceding back | corner | niche | receding | recess

Related Terms | Find terms related to Recession:

See Also | ceding | cession | concave shape | concavity | doldrums | incurvation | incurvature | pharyngeal recess | stagnancy | stagnation | withdrawal

Recession In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*ces"sion\, n. [L. recessio, fr. recedere, recessum. See {Recede}.] The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand. --South. Mercy may rejoice upon the recessions of justice. --Jer. Taylor.
\Re*ces"sion\, n. [Pref. re- + cession.] The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Infrigidation ‐ the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative…
  • Genus coelophysis ‐ late Triassic carnivorous saurischian…
  • Spasticity ‐ the quality of moving or acting…
  • Flotation ‐ financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares [n]…
  • Psychological medicine ‐ the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment…
  • Apis mellifera ‐ social bee often domesticated for the honey…
  • Hb ‐ a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood…
  • Accumulated ‐ brought together into a group or crowd; "the accumulated letters…
  • Buggery ‐ anal intercourse committed by a man with a…
  • Pygmalion ‐ (Greek mythology) a king who created a statue of a woman and…