recession

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Recorded since 1929, from recess + -ion, from Latin recessus (“a going back, retreat”), from recessum, the past participle of recedere (“to recede”), from re- (“back”) + cedere (“to go”)

Noun

recession (plural recessions)

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.

3. The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service.

Synonyms

• (receding) withdrawal
• (ceremonial) return procession

Antonyms

• (period of reduced economic activity): boom

Derived terms

• recessionary
• recessionista

Translations

act or an instance of receding

Dutch: terugtrekking (nl), terugtocht (nl) Finnish: taantuminen (fi)

Hebrew: נסיגה (he) (nesigá) f. Romanian: retragere (ro) f., recesiune (ro), recesie (ro) f., îndepărtare (ro)

a period of reduced economic activity

Arabic: تراجع (tarājuʻ) Chinese: 衰退 (shuāituì), 退去 (tuìqù), 经济萧条 (cmn) Czech: recese (cs) f. Dutch: recessie (nl) Finnish: taantuma (fi), laskusuhdanne (fi) French: récession (fr) f. German: Rezession (de) f. Greek: ύφεση (el) (ýfesi) f. Hebrew: מיתון (he) (mitún) m.

Hungarian: recesszió (hu) Italian: recessione (it) f. Japanese: 不況 (ja) (ふきょう, fukyō), 退去 (ja) (たいきょ, taikyo), 衰退 (ja) (すいたい, suitai) Portuguese: recessão (pt) f. Romanian: recesiune (ro) f. Russian: спад (ru) (spad) m., рецессия (ru) (retséssijia) f. Spanish: recesión (es) f.

ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service

Dutch: uittredeprocessie