Defn: The quality of being receptive.
RECEPTIVITY
Rec`ep*tiv"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. réceptivité.]
1. The state or quality of being receptive.
2. (Kantian Philos.)
Defn: The power or capacity of receiving impressions, as those of the external senses.
RECEPTORY
Re*cep"to*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. F. receptorium a place of shelter.]
Defn: Receptacle. [Obs.] Holland.
RECESS
Re*cess", n. Etym: [L. recessus, fr. recedere, recessum. See Recede.]
1. A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess
of the tides.
Every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and degradation from
rationality. South.
My recess hath given them confidence that I may be conquered. Eikon
Basilike.
2. The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
In the recess of the jury they are to consider the evidence. Sir M.
Hale.
Good verse recess and solitude requires. Dryden.