• Finnish: tauko (not vacation)
• Japanese: 休暇, 休業
• Korean: 휴식 (a break) 휴가 (vacation)
• Russian: перерыв (pererýv) , каникулы (kaníkuly) p

• Finnish: syvennys
• Japanese: あそび, ゆとり
• Russian: углубление

Verb

1. To inset into something, or to recede.

   Wow, look at how that gargoyle recesses into the rest of architecture.

   Recess the screw so it does not stick out.

2. To take or declare a break.

   This court shall recess for its normal two hour lunch now.

   Class will recess for 20 minutes.

Translations

Recess may refer to:

• Recess (break), a break period
• Recess (motion)
• Recess (TV series), an animated series by Disney
• Recess Records, a record label
• Recess, County Galway, a village

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