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Recesment, n. [? Nonce-word. Cf. e.m.E. (1531) recesse = act of retirement from public life into privacy, etc. (1645), f. L. recessus, p.p. of recēdere Reced(e v.] ? Withdrawal from public life, (enforced) retirement. — 1675 Aberd. Council Lett. V 428.
Your principall debitor is broght under your chaine which was all your hart desyred to compass recesment
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