- Bad times
- Hardship
- Misfortune
- Unfortunate event or circumstance
- Opposition; contrariety.
- Bad times
- Economic downturn
- Temporary economic decline
- The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a
claim, or a demand.
- The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession;
as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign.
- One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times;
one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only
in a bad sense.