In the recess of the jury they are to consider the evidence.
Sir M. Hale.
Good verse recess and solitude requires.
Dryden.
3. Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as
of a legislative body, court, or school.
The recess of . . . Parliament lasted six weeks.
Macaulay.
4. Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove,
niche, etc.
A bed which stood in a deep recess.
W. Irving.