intermission

Noun
Synonyms: pausebreakinterruptionsuspension

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. the act of suspending activity temporarily
  2. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of somethingSynonyms: pausebreakinterruptionsuspension
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Intermission \In`ter*mis"sion\, n. [L. intermissio: cf. F. intermission. See Intermit.] [1913 Webster]

1.The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

2.Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes. [1913 Webster]

Rest or intermission none I find.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.Specifically: The short period between acts of a play, concert, opera, or other public performance when the audience may leave their seats for refreshment; -- it usually lasts from 10 to 20 minutes. [PJC]

4.(Med.) The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever. [1913 Webster]

5.Intervention; interposition. [Obs.] --Heylin.

Syn: Cessation; interruption; interval; pause; stop; rest; suspension. See Cessation. [1913 Webster]

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