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(countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
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(countable) A hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.
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(countable) A temporary stoppage of an activity; a break, a pause.
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(countable, archaic) An act of retiring or withdrawing; a moving back.
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(countable, historical) A decree or resolution of the diet of the Holy Roman Empire or the Hanseatic League.
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An act of retiring or withdrawing from public life, society, etc.; also, an act of living in retirement or seclusion, or a period of such retirement or seclusion.
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Leisure, relaxation.
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The state of being withdrawn.
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A departure from a norm or position.
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A time interval during which something ceases; an interruption, a respite.
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(countable, geology) An overall-concave, reentrant section of a sinuous fold and thrust belt, thrust sheet, or a single thrust fault, caused by one or more of: deformation (folding and faulting) of strata and geologic structures during orogenesis, differences in the angle of critical taper during orogenesis, or differing erosional level of the present geomorphological surface.