reclusion, n. 1. monasticism, anchoritism, eremit-ism; hermitship, sisterhood, nunhood.
2. retreat, withdrawal, retirement, separation, selfexile; seclusion, aloneness, solitude, privacy, her-mitism, hermitry; alienation, estrangement, loneliness, recognition, n. 1. identification, reidentification, recollection, remembrance, recall, memory; spotting, placing, detection, discovery.
2. perception, awareness, cognizance, realization, eyeopener; understanding, comprehension, apprehension; knowledge, cognition, sensibility; admission, acceptance, acknowledgment.
3. appreciation, gratitude, honoring, paying respect, singling out.
4. approval, sanction, endorsement, support, recognize, v. 1. identify, reidentify, Inf. spot, Inf
peg, Inf. nail, SI. make, make out, tell, detect, SI. get a fix on, place; recall, recollect, remember, call to mind.
2. realize, understand, apprehend, perceive, note, mark; acknowledge, Archaic, agnize, admit, own, accept, avow, confess, concede, grant, warrant; see, discern, respect, appreciate.
3. give the floor or podium to, yield to, give the nod to, call upon, tap, introduce.
4. formally accept, endorse, sanction, approve, support, uphold; put the seal of approval on, validate, ratify.
5. show appreciation or gratitude, honor, reward, distinguish, pay respect or homage to, signalize, point with pride.
recoil, v. 1. shy, jump, jump back, start; shrink, shrink back, hang back, balk, quail, flinch, wince, blench, cower; falter, give way, lose heart, lose courage.
2. spring back, lash back, fly back, kick back, rebound, resile, reverberate, reflect.
-n. 3. shying, flinching, shrinking; rebound, backlash, reaction, counteraction, kick, recollect, v. 1. recall, remember, Archaic, bethink, call to mind, bring to mind; bring back, evoke; be unable to forget, keep the memory green.
2. meditate, pray, commune, contemplate; concentrate, ponder, mull.
recollected, adj. 1. collected, composed, cool, selfpossessed, controlled, in control; calm, placid, peaceful, serene, quiet.
2. remembered, recalled, in mind, brought to mind; not forgotten, unforgotten, still alive, still green, recollection, n. remembering, calling to mind, recall; remembrance, memory, reminiscence, souvenir; mind, mental image, inward eye. recommend, v. 1. commend, mention favorably, promote; speak well of, put in a good word for, have a good word for; approve, sanction, Chiefly U.S. approbate; favor, SI. root for, SI. plug for, SI. tout, cry up; condone, countenance, look with favor on, support, uphold; endorse, second, vouch for, undersign, underwrite, cosign, lend one's name to; OK, back, guarantee, stand up for, Inf. stick up for.
2. advise, counsel, guide, instruct, teach; urge, encourage, coax; appeal, bid, remonstrate, admonish, exhort, expostulate; persuade, convince, talk into; dissuade, talk out of.
3. suggest, offer, propose, offer an opinion; forward, advance, pose, propound; prescribe, enjoin, direct, command, order; warn, caution, Archaic. monish.
4. promote, enhance, enrich, refine; build up, improve upon, show off to advantage; polish, embellish, furbish.