Related Words:
- reprieve
collapse - the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
- a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
- a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- relieve temporarily
- postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution related words >
- absolution,
- afterthought,
- amnesty,
- benevolence,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- bureaucratic delay,
- catharsis,
- cleanse,
- cleanse away,
- cleansing,
- clemency,
- commiseration,
- compassion,
- condolence,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- deliver,
- deliverance,
- detention,
- discharge,
- double take,
- dragging,
- emotional release,
- exculpation,
- excuse,
- exemption,
- exoneration,
- favor,
- feeling,
- forbear,
- forbearance,
- forgive,
- forgiveness,
- free,
- free from,
- freeing,
- give quarter,
- give release,
- give respite,
- grace,
- grant a reprieve,
- halt,
- hang-up,
- have mercy upon,
- have pity,
- hindrance,
- holdup,
- humanity,
- immunity,
- indemnity,
- interim,
- intermission,
- intermit,
- jam,
- kindness,
- lag,
- lagging,
- leniency,
- let off,
- let up on,
- logjam,
- melt,
- mercy,
- mitigation,
- moratorium,
- obstruction,
- paperasserie,
- pardon,
- pathos,
- pause,
- pity,
- postponement,
- purgation,
- purge,
- purge away,
- purging,
- quarter,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- redemption,
- relax,
- release,
- relent,
- relief,
- remission,
- remission of sin,
- removal,
- remove,
- rescue,
- respite,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- ruth,
- save,
- self-pity,
- shrift,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowness,
- spare,
- sparing,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- surcease,
- suspend,
- suspension,
- sympathy,
- take pity on,
- thaw,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- wait
- indisposition
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- a slight illness related words >
- abnormality,
- acute disease,
- affection,
- affliction,
- ailment,
- allergic disease,
- allergy,
- antipathy,
- atrophy,
- averseness,
- aversion,
- backwardness,
- bacterial disease,
- bad books,
- birth defect,
- blight,
- cardiovascular disease,
- chronic disease,
- circulatory disease,
- complaint,
- complication,
- condition,
- congenital defect,
- cursoriness,
- defect,
- deficiency disease,
- deformity,
- degenerative disease,
- disability,
- disagreement,
- disease,
- disfavor,
- disinclination,
- disliking,
- disobedience,
- disorder,
- displeasure,
- disrelish,
- dissatisfaction,
- dissent,
- distaste,
- distemper,
- endemic,
- endemic disease,
- endocrine disease,
- epidemic disease,
- foot-dragging,
- fractiousness,
- functional disease,
- fungus disease,
- gastrointestinal disease,
- genetic disease,
- grudging consent,
- grudgingness,
- handicap,
- hereditary disease,
- iatrogenic disease,
- illness,
- indisposedness,
- indocility,
- infectious disease,
- infirmity,
- intractableness,
- lack of enthusiasm,
- lack of zeal,
- malady,
- malaise,
- morbidity,
- morbus,
- muscular disease,
- mutinousness,
- neurological disease,
- nolition,
- nutritional disease,
- obstinacy,
- occupational disease,
- opposition,
- organic disease,
- pandemic disease,
- pathological condition,
- pathology,
- perfunctoriness,
- plant disease,
- protozoan disease,
- psychosomatic disease,
- recalcitrance,
- recalcitrancy,
- refractoriness,
- refusal,
- reluctance,
- renitence,
- renitency,
- repugnance,
- resistance,
- respiratory disease,
- rockiness,
- secondary disease,
- seediness,
- sickishness,
- sickness,
- signs,
- slowness,
- stubbornness,
- sulk,
- sulkiness,
- sulks,
- sullenness,
- symptomatology,
- symptomology,
- symptoms,
- syndrome,
- the pip,
- unenthusiasm,
- unwillingness,
- urogenital disease,
- virus disease,
- wasting disease,
- worm disease
- respite
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- a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
- a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" related words >
- abeyance,
- afterthought,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- blow,
- break,
- breath,
- breather,
- breathing,
- breathing place,
- breathing space,
- breathing spell,
- breathing time,
- bureaucratic delay,
- caesura,
- catharsis,
- cease-fire,
- cigarette break,
- cleansing,
- cocktail hour,
- coffee break,
- day off,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- deliverance,
- detention,
- discharge,
- double take,
- downtime,
- dragging,
- drop,
- emotional release,
- enforced respite,
- extension,
- freeing,
- grace,
- grant a reprieve,
- half time,
- half-time intermission,
- halt,
- hang-up,
- happy hour,
- hesitation,
- hiatus,
- hindrance,
- holdup,
- holiday,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermittence,
- interregnum,
- interruption,
- interval,
- jam,
- lag,
- lagging,
- lapse,
- layoff,
- letup,
- logjam,
- lull,
- moratorium,
- obstruction,
- off-time,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- plateau,
- point of repose,
- postponement,
- purgation,
- purge,
- purging,
- quiet spell,
- recess,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- release,
- relief,
- remission,
- removal,
- reprieve,
- rest,
- resting point,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowness,
- spell,
- stand-down,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- surcease,
- suspension,
- tea break,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- time off,
- time out,
- truce,
- vacation,
- wait
- restriction
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- the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
- a principle that limits the extent of something; "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements" related words >
- allowance,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- ban,
- bar,
- barring,
- blockade,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- boundary,
- bounds,
- boycott,
- brake,
- caging,
- cession,
- check,
- circumscription,
- clogging,
- closeness,
- closing up,
- closure,
- concession,
- condition,
- confinement,
- constraint,
- constriction,
- continence,
- control,
- cramp,
- cramping,
- crowdedness,
- curb,
- debarment,
- debarring,
- delay,
- demarcation,
- detainment,
- detention,
- discipline,
- embargo,
- exception,
- exclusion,
- exemption,
- extenuating circumstances,
- fixation,
- foot-dragging,
- grain of salt,
- grant,
- hair,
- hairbreadth,
- hairsbreadth,
- hampering,
- hedge,
- hedging,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- impediment,
- impoundment,
- inadmissibility,
- incapaciousness,
- incommodiousness,
- inhibition,
- injunction,
- interference,
- interruption,
- let,
- limit,
- limitation,
- lockout,
- lockup,
- mental reservation,
- moderation,
- modification,
- narrow gauge,
- narrowing,
- narrowness,
- nearness,
- negativism,
- nonadmission,
- nuisance value,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- occlusion,
- omission,
- opposition,
- penning,
- preclusion,
- prescription,
- prohibition,
- proscription,
- provision,
- proviso,
- qualification,
- rejection,
- relegation,
- repression,
- repudiation,
- reservation,
- resistance,
- restrain,
- restraint,
- restrictedness,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- salvo,
- setback,
- slenderness,
- special case,
- special treatment,
- specialness,
- specification,
- squeeze,
- stint,
- stipulation,
- straitness,
- stranglehold,
- strictness,
- stricture,
- suppression,
- taboo,
- tight squeeze,
- tightness,
- waiver
- occlusion
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- (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed
- closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel) related words >
- Jacksonian epilepsy,
- Rolandic epilepsy,
- abdominal epilepsy,
- access,
- acquired epilepsy,
- activated epilepsy,
- affect epilepsy,
- akinetic epilepsy,
- apoplexy,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- attack,
- autonomic epilepsy,
- blockade,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- cardiac epilepsy,
- check,
- clogging,
- clonic spasm,
- clonus,
- closing,
- closing up,
- closure,
- constriction,
- convulsion,
- cortical epilepsy,
- cramp,
- cursive epilepsy,
- delay,
- detainment,
- detention,
- diurnal epilepsy,
- eclampsia,
- epilepsia,
- epilepsia gravior,
- epilepsia major,
- epilepsia minor,
- epilepsia mitior,
- epilepsia nutans,
- epilepsia tarda,
- epilepsy,
- falling sickness,
- fit,
- fixation,
- focal epilepsy,
- foot-dragging,
- frenzy,
- grand mal,
- hampering,
- haute mal,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- hysterical epilepsy,
- ictus,
- impediment,
- inhibition,
- interference,
- interruption,
- larval epilepsy,
- laryngeal epilepsy,
- laryngospasm,
- latent epilepsy,
- let,
- lockjaw,
- matutinal epilepsy,
- menstrual epilepsy,
- musicogenic epilepsy,
- myoclonous epilepsy,
- negativism,
- nocturnal epilepsy,
- nuisance value,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- opposition,
- paroxysm,
- petit mal,
- physiologic epilepsy,
- psychic epilepsy,
- psychomotor epilepsy,
- reflex epilepsy,
- repression,
- resistance,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- rotatoria,
- seizure,
- sensory epilepsy,
- serial epilepsy,
- setback,
- shutdown,
- shutting,
- shutting up,
- spasm,
- squeeze,
- stoppage,
- stranglehold,
- stricture,
- stroke,
- suppression,
- tardy epilepsy,
- tetanus,
- tetany,
- throes,
- thromboembolism,
- thrombosis,
- tonic epilepsy,
- tonic spasm,
- torsion spasm,
- traumatic epilepsy,
- trismus,
- ucinate epilepsy,
- visitation
- inhibition
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- (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
- the quality of being inhibited
- (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part; "the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve" related words >
- Eighteenth Amendment,
- Prohibition Party,
- Volstead Act,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- ban,
- bar,
- barrier,
- block,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- bottling up,
- censorship,
- check,
- clogging,
- closing up,
- closure,
- constraint,
- constriction,
- contraband,
- control,
- cooling,
- cooling down,
- cooling off,
- corking up,
- cramp,
- curb,
- curtailment,
- deceleration,
- defence,
- delay,
- denial,
- detainment,
- detention,
- disallowance,
- embargo,
- exclusion,
- fixation,
- foot-dragging,
- forbiddance,
- forbidden fruit,
- forbidding,
- hampering,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- holding,
- holding in,
- holdup,
- impediment,
- index,
- index expurgatorius,
- index librorum prohibitorum,
- injunction,
- interdict,
- interdiction,
- interdictum,
- interference,
- interruption,
- keeping,
- law,
- legal restraint,
- let,
- locking in,
- maintenance,
- monopoly,
- negativism,
- no-no,
- nuisance value,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- occlusion,
- opposition,
- preclusion,
- prehension,
- preservation,
- prevention,
- prohibition,
- prohibitory injunction,
- proscription,
- protection,
- protectionism,
- protective tariff,
- psychological block,
- rationing,
- refusal,
- rein,
- rejection,
- repression,
- resistance,
- restraint,
- restraint of trade,
- restriction,
- restrictive covenants,
- retainment,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- retention,
- retentiveness,
- retentivity,
- retrenchment,
- ruling out,
- self-consciousness,
- self-control,
- setback,
- slowing down,
- squeeze,
- statute,
- stranglehold,
- stricture,
- sumptuary laws,
- suppression,
- taboo,
- tariff wall,
- tenacity,
- thought control,
- zoning,
- zoning laws
- languor
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- inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends"
- a feeling of lack of interest or energy
- a relaxed comfortable feeling related words >
- abeyance,
- acedia,
- adynamia,
- anemia,
- apathy,
- atony,
- blah feeling,
- bloodlessness,
- blues,
- boredom,
- brain fag,
- cachexia,
- cachexy,
- catalepsy,
- catatonia,
- cautiousness,
- circumspection,
- coma,
- cowardice,
- creeping,
- deadliness,
- deathliness,
- debilitation,
- debility,
- deliberateness,
- deliberation,
- depression,
- doldrums,
- dormancy,
- doziness,
- drawl,
- drowsiness,
- dullness,
- dumps,
- enervation,
- enfeeblement,
- ennui,
- entropy,
- etiolation,
- exhaustion,
- eyestrain,
- faintness,
- fatigue,
- feebleness,
- flabbiness,
- flaccidity,
- foot-dragging,
- goneness,
- heart strain,
- heaviness,
- hebetude,
- idleness,
- impotence,
- inanimation,
- indifference,
- indolence,
- inertia,
- inertness,
- jadedness,
- lackadaisicalness,
- languidness,
- languishment,
- languorousness,
- lassitude,
- latency,
- laziness,
- leisureliness,
- lenitude,
- lentitude,
- lentor,
- lethargy,
- lifelessness,
- listlessness,
- lotus-eating,
- mental fatigue,
- mental strain,
- oscitancy,
- oscitation,
- overstrain,
- overtiredness,
- pandiculation,
- passiveness,
- passivity,
- phlegm,
- pokiness,
- prostration,
- reluctance,
- satedness,
- slackness,
- sleep,
- sleepiness,
- sloth,
- slothfulness,
- slowness,
- sluggardy,
- sluggishness,
- slumber,
- softness,
- somnolence,
- somnolency,
- stagnancy,
- stagnation,
- stance fatigue,
- stasis,
- strain,
- strengthlessness,
- stretching,
- stupefaction,
- stupor,
- supineness,
- suspense,
- tedium,
- tentativeness,
- tiredness,
- torpidity,
- torpidness,
- torpitude,
- torpor,
- vegetation,
- vis inertiae,
- weakliness,
- weakness,
- wearifulness,
- weariness,
- world-weariness,
- yawning
- wait
collapse
- the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him"
- serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant; "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"
- stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets"
- wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment" related words >
- abide,
- administer to,
- afterthought,
- attend,
- attend on,
- await,
- ballad singer,
- balladeer,
- bard,
- be patient,
- bear with composure,
- bide,
- bide the issue,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- bureaucratic delay,
- care for,
- carry on,
- carry through,
- chore,
- dally,
- dance attendance upon,
- dawdle,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- detention,
- dillydally,
- do for,
- do service to,
- double take,
- dragging,
- drudge,
- fili,
- folk singer,
- folk-rock singer,
- forbear,
- gleeman,
- halt,
- hang about,
- hang around,
- hang-up,
- help,
- hindrance,
- hold everything,
- hold on,
- hold your horses,
- holdup,
- interim,
- jam,
- jongleur,
- lackey,
- lag,
- lagging,
- linger,
- logjam,
- loiter,
- look after,
- maid,
- mark time,
- minister to,
- minnesinger,
- minstrel,
- moratorium,
- obstruction,
- pander to,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- remain,
- reprieve,
- respite,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- rhapsode,
- rhapsodist,
- scop,
- serenader,
- serve,
- sit tight,
- sit up,
- sit up for,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowness,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stay up,
- stay up for,
- stick,
- stick around,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- street singer,
- strolling minstrel,
- suspension,
- sweat,
- sweat it out,
- sweat out,
- take care of,
- take time,
- tarry,
- tend,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- troubadour,
- trovatore,
- upon,
- valet,
- wait a minute,
- wait and see,
- wait for,
- wait it out,
- wait on,
- wait up for,
- wandering minstrel,
- watch,
- watch and wait,
- work for
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