Dictionary Entry
recession
recession is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.
- 2noun
The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign.
- 3noun
the act of becoming more distant
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- 4noun
the act of ceding back
- 5noun
the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
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- 6noun
a small concavity
- 7noun
the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year
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