RECESS

noun

1. A break, pause or vacation.
2. An inset, hole, space or opening.
3. A time of play during the school day, usually on a playground; break, playtime.

verb

1. To inset into something, or to recede.
2. To take or declare a break.
3. To appoint, with a recess appointment.

adjective

1. Remote, distant (in time or place).