Recess

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NOUN

a state of abeyance or suspended business

a small concavity

an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

an enclosure that is set back or indented

a pause from doing something (as work)

VERB

put into a recess

make a recess in

close at the end of a session

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