recession

About 4.38 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act or an instance of receding or withdrawing.
2. noun A period of low temperatures that causes a reduction in species; ice age.
3. noun A period of reduced economic activity.

   Statisticians often define a recession as negative real GDP growth during two consecutive quarters.

4. noun The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service.
5. noun The act of ceding something back.
6. noun A procedure in which an extraocular muscle is detached from the globe of the eye and reattached posteriorly.

Similar words

recess receding corner niche ceding back economy regression regress retrogression retreat

Often followed by

of and in is was that or has to

Word family

recessionary recessions