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(rÉªËsÉs, Ëri sÉs) n. 1. a temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity; break. 2. a period of such withdrawal: a five-minute recess. 3. a receding part or space, as an alcove in a room. 4. an indentation, as in a coastline or a hill.