recession

/ɹɪsˈɛʃən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year
2. a small concavity
3. the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
4. the act of ceding back
5. the act of becoming more distant

Synonyms for recession

• recess
• niche
• corner
• recessional
• ceding back
• receding

Words that rhyme with recession

• depression
• expression
• impression
• accession
• possession
• aggression
• confession
• discretion
• succession
• compression
• profession
• regression
• session
• suppression
• concession
• digression
• freshen
• oppression
• procession
• progression
• repression
• secession
• transgression
• decompression
• indiscretion
• intercession
• obsession
• precession
• hessian
• nonaggression