Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RE-CES'SION
RE-CES'SION, n. [L. recessio.]
- The act of withdrawing, retiring or retreating.
- The act of receding from a claim, or of relaxing a demand. – South.
- A cession or granting back; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign.
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