Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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RECES'SION, noun [Latin recessio.]
1. The act of withdrawing, retiring or retreating.
2. The act of receding from a claim, or of relaxing a demand.
3. A cession or granting back; as the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign.
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