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Lat. recessus, a going back, withdrawal, from recedere, to withdraw)  , a term particularly used of a cessation of work or relief from duty, e.g. of the periods during the life of a parliament when it is not sitting . The word is also applied to an indentation in a line, especially of a small alcove sunk in the wall of a room . A particular use is the historical one for the acts and decrees of the Imperial Diet, the recessus Imperii, and also for those of the Hanseatic League . According to Du Cange (s.v . Recessus) the reason for the use of this word was that these decrees, &c . (codex deliberationum), were written out antequam a conventibus recedant proceres congregati .