recessus ūs, m re-+CAD-, a going back, receding, retiring, retreat, departure: a pestiferis (rebus): ut luna accessu et recessu suo solis lumen accipiat: recessum primis ultimi non dabant, i. e. means of retreat, Cs.

—A remote place, retired spot, nook, corner, retreat, recess: mihi solitudo et recessus provincia est: non recessus ipse defendit, our remote position, Ta.: auctumno tecta ac recessum circumspicere, L.: spelunca vasto submota recessu, in a deep recess, V.: Luminis exigui prope templa, inner chamber, O.: Phrygiae recessūs omnīs peragrasti, L.: pulchri, inner rooms, O.

—Fig., a withdrawal: tum accessus a te ad causam fati, tum recessus, advance{*} and retreats: habere in dicendo umbram aliquam et recessum, shade and background: in animis hominum sunt recessūs.