To end something.
To announce the closing of a pub for the day.
To call a timeout.
To indicate that an activity, especially the taking of a test, is complete.
The expected time of arrival for participants in a performance event, e.g., a play or concert.
To take or declare a break.
To appoint, with a recess appointment.
To make a recess in.
To inset into something, or to recede.
To suspend (formal proceedings) temporarily.
To place in a recess.
To suspend its proceedings for a period of time.
A small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest.
A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
A time of play during the school day, usually on a playground.
An inset, hole, hollow space or opening.
A remote, secret or abstruse place.
A break, pause or vacation.
A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
A period of time when the proceedings of a parliament, committee, court of law, or other official body are temporarily suspended.