rec time
Yard hour, perhaps
Rec time is a designated period for recreation, especially in institutional settings like schools, prisons, or summer camps.
It's the scheduled break when structured activities pause and people can play, socialize, or simply relax: The kids get thirty minutes of rec time after lunch.
Short for recreation time.
- recessPause in activity
- playtimeRecreation period for children
- free playSelf-directed recreational time
- breakInterrupt continuity
- leisureFree time for relaxation
downtime · letting off steam · playground · monkey bars · jungle gym · games · pick-up game · fun · capture the flag · relaxation · kickball · wall ball · unwind · lunch break · after school · yard · swings · handball
- prisoncell block, inmate, jail, prison, prisoner
rec timeclass time
Scheduled instruction period
study hall · labor · chores · work detail · training
rec timelockdown
Enforced restriction on movement
solitary confinement · isolation · segregation · lockup · confinement
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