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hindrance collapse: the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding; any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome; something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

logjam collapse: an immovable mass of logs blocking a river; any stoppage attributable to unusual activity; "the legislation ran into a logjam"

interim collapse: the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government"; serving during an intermediate interval of time; "an interim agreement"

rest collapse: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"; a support on which things can be put; "the gun was steadied on a special rest"; a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration; euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"; a state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon"; be at rest; take a short break from one's activities in order to relax; give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment"; not move; be in a resting position; put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying; "Rest your head on my shoulder"; be inactive, refrain from acting; "The committee is resting over the summer"; be inherent or innate in;

intermittence collapse: the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping

detention collapse: a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"; a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"

afterthought collapse: an addition that was not included in the original plan; "the garage was an afterthought"

intermezzo collapse: a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera; a short movement coming between the major sections of a symphony

stay collapse: continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"; (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar; a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset); a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted; "the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court"; stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"; stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"; fasten with stays; stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!"; remain behind; "I had to stay at home and watch the children"; stop a judicial process; "The judge stayed the execution order"; continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"

vacation collapse: the act of making something legally void; leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"; spend or take a vacation

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"

remission collapse: (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court); an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"

caesura collapse: a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line; a pause or interruption (as in a conversation); "after an ominous caesura the preacher continued"

retardation collapse: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities; the extent to which something is delayed or held back

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