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Exact Match:

intermission

the act of suspending activity temporarily

Synonyms:

• abeyance,
• act,
• afterpiece,
• bit,
• breach,
• break,
• breath,
• breather,
• breathing place,
• breathing space,
• breathing spell,
• breathing time,
• caesura,
• catharsis,
• cease-fire,
• cessation,
• chaser,
• cigarette break,
• cleansing,
• cocktail hour,
• coffee break,
• cold storage,
• curtain,
• curtain call,
• curtain raiser,
• day off,
• deliverance,
• discharge,
• divertimento,
• divertissement,
• doldrums,
• dormancy,
• downtime,
• drop,
• emotional release,
• enforced respite,
• epilogue,
• exode,
• exodus,
• expository scene,
• finale,
• fissure,
• freeing,
• gap,
• half time,
• half-time intermission,
• halt,
• happy hour,
• hesitation,
• hiatus,
• hoke act,
• holiday,
• interim,
• interlude,
• intermezzo,
• intermittence,
• interregnum,
• interruption,
• interval,
• introduction,
• lacuna,
• lapse,
• latency,
• layoff,
• letup,
• lull,
• number,
• off-time,
• parenthesis,
• pause,
• plateau,
• point of repose,
• prologue,
• purgation,
• purge,
• purging,
• quiescence,
• quiescency,
• quiet spell,
• recess,
• release,
• relief,
• remission,
• removal,
• reprieve,
• respite,
• rest,
• resting point,
• routine,
• scene,
• shtick,
• sketch,
• skit,
• song and dance,
• spell,
• stand-down,
• stand-up comedy act,
• stay,
• striptease,
• surcease,
• suspension,
• tea break,
• time off,
• time out,
• truce,
• turn,
• vacation