Recession

Noun

 * 1) The act or an instance of receding
 * 2) A period of reduced economic activity
 * ''Statisticians often define a recession as negative, real GDP growth during two consecutive quarters.
 * 1) The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service.

Synonyms

 * withdrawal
 * return procession

Antonyms

 * boom

Derived terms

 * recessionary

Adjectives for Recession
financial; business; widespread; nationwide; gripping.

Thesaurus
abandonment, alcove, backset, backsliding, backward motion, backward step, bad times, bay, boom, bottoming out, business cycle, business fluctuations, bust, capitulation, cession, cooling off, corner, cove, crisis, decline, depression, dip, downturn, economic cycle, economic expansion, economic growth, economic stagnation, evil day, expanding economy, expansion, giving in, giving over, giving up, growth, hard times, heavy weather, high growth rate, inglenook, lapse, low, market expansion, niche, nook, peak, peaking, pitchhole, prosperity, rainy day, reaction, recedence, recess, recidivation, recidivism, recovery, reentry, refluence, reflux, regress, regression, relapse, relinquishment, renunciation, retreat, retroaction, retrocession, retroflexion, retrogradation, retrogression, retrusion, return, rollback, sad times, setback, slowdown, slump, stagnation, sternway, stormy weather, surrender, throwback, upturn

Etymology
Recorded since 1929, from recess: + -ion < recessus: < recessum:, the past participle of recedere: < re-: + cedere:

Translations

 * Dutch: ,
 * Hebrew: נסיגה


 * Romanian: retragere, recesiune, recesie, îndepărtare


 * Arabic: (tarājuʻ)
 * Chinese: 衰退 (shuāituì), 退去 (tuìqù), 经济萧条
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: מיתון


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Portuguese: recessão
 * Romanian: recesiune
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch: uittredeprocessie


 * Finnish: