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A cavity hollow or recess generally within the thickness of a wall for a statue bust or other erect ornament Hence any similar

accretion

by the washing up of sand or soil from the sea or a river or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark) ;also : accession in which the boundaries of land are enlarged

dereliction

dereliction 1 a : an intentional abandonment b : a state of being abandoned 2 : a recession of water leaving permanently dry land 3 : an intentional or conscious neglect [ of duty]

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reliction

reliction [Latin relictio act of leaving behind, from relinquere to leave behind] 1 : the gradual recession of water leaving land permanently uncovered 2 : land uncovered by reliction compare accretion

cutback

activity or the funding for an activity as cutbacks in government research funding increased unemployment among scientists the recession caused a cutback in auto production

VerbarHemophilia

it is caused by an absence or abnormality of a clotting factor in the blood and is a recessive genetic disease linked to the X chromosome and therefore usually occurs only in males there are several specific

Presbyopia

upon advancing age It is due to rigidity of the crystalline lens which produces difficulty of accommodation and recession of the near point of vision so that objects very near the eyes can not be seen distinctly

Recessional

Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal

Relicted

Left uncovered as land by recession of water

Civil Law

civilized being; it embodies so much thought, reflection, experience, and labour; it leads us so far into the recesses of antiquity, and it has stood so long against the waves and weathers of time, that it is

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