Noun

• S: (n) recession, recessional (the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) procession (the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation) "processions were forbidden"
• S: (n) group action (action taken by a group of people)
• S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• S: (n) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
• S: (n) group, grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) recessional (a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw)

Adjective

• S: (adj) recessional (of or relating to receding)