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recession has 6 distinct synonyms spread across 4 of its 5 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for recession come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service