Recess vs. Vacation
Recessnoun
A break, pause or vacation.
Recessnoun
An inset, hole, space or opening.
Recessnoun
A time of play during the school day, usually on a playground; (UK) break, playtime.
Recessnoun
A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
Recessnoun
(archaic) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat.
Recessnoun
(archaic) The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
Recessnoun
(archaic) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
Recessnoun
A secret or abstruse part.
Recessnoun
A sinus.
Recessverb
To inset into something, or to recede.
Recessverb
(intransitive) To take or declare a break.
Recessverb
To appoint, with a recess appointment.
Recessverb
To make a recess in.
Recessadjective
Remote, distant (in time or place).
Recessnoun
A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.
Recessnoun
The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
Recessnoun
Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school; as, the children were allowed to play in the school yard during recess.
Recessnoun
Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc.
Recessnoun
A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
Recessnoun
Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science; the deepest recesses of the mind.
Recessnoun
A sinus.
Recessnoun
A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
Recessverb
To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.
Recessnoun
a state of abeyance or suspended business
Recessnoun
a small concavity
Recessnoun
an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
Recessnoun
an enclosure that is set back or indented
Recessnoun
a pause from doing something (as work);
Recessverb
put into a recess;
Recessverb
make a recess in;
Recessverb
close at the end of a session;
Vacationnoun
Freedom from some business or activity.
Vacationnoun
(obsolete) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.
Vacationnoun
A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
Vacationnoun
(North America) A holiday; a stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure.
Vacationnoun
The act of vacating something; moving out.
Vacationnoun
The act of making legally void.
Vacationverb
(intransitive) To spend or take a vacation.
Vacationnoun
The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.
Vacationnoun
Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure.
Vacationnoun
Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess.
Vacationnoun
A period of intermission of regular paid work or employment, or of studies and exercises at an educational institution; the time during which a person temporarily ceases regular duties of any kind and performs other activites, usually some form of liesure; holidays; recess (at a school); as, the spring vacation; to spend one's vacation travelling; to paint the house while on vacation. Vacation is typically used for rest, travel, or recreation, but may be used for any purpose. In Britain this sense of vacation is usually referred to as holiday.
Vacationnoun
The time when an office is vacant;
Vacationnoun
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure;
Vacationnoun
the act of making something legally void
Vacationverb
spend or take a vacation
Vacation
A vacation (American English), or holiday (British English), is a leave of absence from a regular job, or a specific trip or journey, usually for the purpose of recreation or tourism. People often take a vacation during specific holiday observances, or for specific festivals or celebrations.
