Related Words:
- dormancy
collapse - a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy" related words >
- a wise passiveness,
- abeyance,
- apathy,
- catalepsy,
- catatonia,
- cold storage,
- contemplation,
- contemplative life,
- deadliness,
- deathliness,
- delitescence,
- do-nothing policy,
- do-nothingism,
- do-nothingness,
- doldrums,
- entropy,
- hibernation,
- idleness,
- immobility,
- inaction,
- inactiveness,
- inactivity,
- indifference,
- indolence,
- inertia,
- inertness,
- intermission,
- interruption,
- laissez-aller,
- laissez-faire,
- laissez-faireism,
- languor,
- latency,
- latent content,
- latent meaningfulness,
- latentness,
- lotus-eating,
- lull,
- meditation,
- motionlessness,
- neutralism,
- neutrality,
- neutralness,
- noninvolvement,
- nonparticipation,
- nonresistance,
- nonviolence,
- nonviolent resistance,
- pacifism,
- paralysis,
- passive resistance,
- passive self-annihilation,
- passiveness,
- passivism,
- passivity,
- policy,
- possibility,
- potentiality,
- procrastination,
- quiescence,
- quiescency,
- quietism,
- stagnancy,
- stagnation,
- standpattism,
- stasis,
- suspense,
- suspension,
- torpor,
- underactivity,
- vegetation,
- virtuality,
- vis inertiae,
- vita contemplativa,
- waiting game,
- watching and waiting
- holiday
collapse
- a day on which work is suspended by law or custom; "no mail is delivered on federal holidays"; "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover" related words >
- AWOL,
- Admission Day,
- Arbor Day,
- Armed Forces Day,
- Armistice Day,
- Army Day,
- Bastille Day,
- Christmas,
- Colorado Day,
- Constitution Day,
- Decoration Day,
- Dewali,
- Discovery Day,
- Double Ten,
- Easter Monday,
- Election Day,
- Empire Day,
- Evacuation Day,
- Flag Day,
- Foundation Day,
- Fourth of July,
- French leave,
- Groundhog Day,
- Halifax Day,
- Halloween,
- High Holiday,
- High Holy Day,
- Holi,
- Ides of March,
- Kuhio Day,
- Labor Day,
- Lenin Memorial Day,
- Loyalty Day,
- Maryland Day,
- May Day,
- Mecklenburg Day,
- Memorial Day,
- Midsummer Day,
- National Aviation Day,
- Navy Day,
- Nevada Day,
- Pan American Day,
- Pascua Florida Day,
- Pioneer Day,
- Remembrance Day,
- Roosevelt Day,
- State Day,
- Sunday,
- Texas Independence Day,
- United Nations Day,
- V-E Day,
- Victory Day,
- West Virginia Day,
- Wyoming Day,
- abeyance,
- abscondence,
- absence,
- absence without leave,
- absentation,
- absenteeism,
- absenting,
- anniversaries,
- bank holiday,
- break,
- caesura,
- cease-fire,
- celebrating,
- celebration,
- ceremony,
- church feast,
- coffee break,
- comfortable,
- commemoration,
- cut,
- day of festivities,
- day off,
- default,
- departure,
- disappearance,
- downtime,
- dressing ship,
- drop,
- escape,
- event,
- excused absence,
- fair,
- fanfare,
- fanfaronade,
- feast,
- feast day,
- festal,
- festival,
- festival day,
- festivity,
- fete,
- fete day,
- fixed feast,
- fleeing,
- flourish of trumpets,
- furlough,
- gala,
- gala day,
- go on furlough,
- go on leave,
- half time,
- half-time intermission,
- hesitation,
- high day,
- holy day,
- hooky,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermittence,
- interregnum,
- interruption,
- interval,
- jubilee,
- lapse,
- layoff,
- leave,
- leave of absence,
- leaving,
- legal holiday,
- letup,
- liberty,
- lull,
- make holiday,
- marking the occasion,
- memorialization,
- memory,
- nonappearance,
- nonattendance,
- observance,
- off-time,
- ovation,
- paid holiday,
- paid vacation,
- pause,
- plateau,
- point of repose,
- quiet,
- quiet spell,
- recess,
- red-letter day,
- rejoicing,
- relief,
- religious rites,
- remembrance,
- remission,
- respite,
- rest,
- restful,
- resting point,
- revel,
- rite,
- ritual observance,
- running away,
- sabbatical,
- sabbatical leave,
- sabbatical year,
- salute,
- salvo,
- shore leave,
- sick leave,
- solemn observance,
- solemnization,
- stand-down,
- stay,
- suspension,
- take a holiday,
- take leave,
- testimonial,
- testimonial banquet,
- testimonial dinner,
- time off,
- time out,
- toast,
- tribute,
- triumph,
- truancy,
- truantism,
- truce,
- unexcused absence,
- vacation,
- vacational,
- weekend
- chaser
collapse
- a drink to follow immediately after another drink related words >
- Casanova,
- Don Juan,
- Mickey,
- Mickey Finn,
- act,
- afterpiece,
- aperitif,
- bit,
- carver,
- clay modeler,
- cocktail,
- curtain,
- curtain call,
- curtain raiser,
- divertimento,
- divertissement,
- doch-an-dorrach,
- drink,
- earth artist,
- epilogue,
- exode,
- exodus,
- expository scene,
- eye-opener,
- figurer,
- figuriste,
- finale,
- follower,
- gem carver,
- graver,
- highball,
- hoke act,
- hunter,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- introduction,
- knockout drops,
- lady-killer,
- masher,
- mason,
- mixed drink,
- modeler,
- molder,
- monumental mason,
- nightcap,
- number,
- parting cup,
- philander,
- philanderer,
- pousse-cafe,
- prologue,
- punch,
- pursuant,
- pursuer,
- quester,
- routine,
- scene,
- sculptor,
- sculptress,
- sculpturer,
- seeker,
- shtick,
- sketch,
- skit,
- song and dance,
- stand-up comedy act,
- statuary,
- stirrup cup,
- stonecutter,
- striptease,
- sundowner,
- turn,
- wax modeler,
- wee doch-an-dorrach,
- womanizer,
- wood carver
- Pax Dei,
- Pax Romana,
- Peace of God,
- abandon,
- abdicate,
- abeyance,
- armistice,
- back out,
- be pensioned,
- be superannuated,
- beg off,
- break,
- breathing spell,
- buffer zone,
- caesura,
- cease-fire,
- cooling-off period,
- cry off,
- day off,
- demilitarized zone,
- demit,
- depart from,
- discard,
- drop,
- drop out,
- evacuate,
- forsake,
- give up,
- go back on,
- hesitation,
- holiday,
- hollow truce,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermittence,
- interruption,
- interval,
- jettison,
- jilt,
- lapse,
- layoff,
- leave,
- leave behind,
- leave flat,
- letup,
- lull,
- maroon,
- modus vivendi,
- neutral territory,
- pacification,
- pause,
- pax in bello,
- peace,
- pension off,
- pull out,
- quit,
- quit cold,
- recess,
- relinquish,
- remission,
- renege,
- renounce the throne,
- resign,
- respite,
- rest,
- retire,
- retire from office,
- say goodbye to,
- stand aside,
- stay,
- step aside,
- superannuate,
- suspension,
- suspension of hostilities,
- take leave of,
- temporary arrangement,
- throw over,
- treaty of peace,
- truce,
- vacate,
- vacation,
- withdraw,
- withdraw from
- finale
collapse
- the concluding part of any performance
- the closing section of a musical composition related words >
- Z,
- act,
- afterpiece,
- apodosis,
- bit,
- bitter end,
- catastrophe,
- ceasing,
- cessation,
- chaser,
- climax,
- close,
- coda,
- completion,
- conclusion,
- consummation,
- crack of doom,
- culmination,
- curtain,
- curtain call,
- curtain raiser,
- curtains,
- death,
- decease,
- denouement,
- destination,
- destiny,
- divertimento,
- divertissement,
- doom,
- effect,
- end,
- end point,
- end result,
- ending,
- envoi,
- epilogue,
- eschatology,
- exode,
- exodus,
- expiration,
- expository scene,
- fate,
- final result,
- final solution,
- final twitch,
- final words,
- finality,
- finis,
- finish,
- goal,
- hoke act,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- introduction,
- izzard,
- last,
- last act,
- last breath,
- last gasp,
- last things,
- last trumpet,
- last words,
- latter end,
- number,
- omega,
- payoff,
- period,
- peroration,
- prologue,
- quietus,
- resolution,
- resting place,
- routine,
- scene,
- shtick,
- sketch,
- skit,
- song and dance,
- stand-up comedy act,
- stoppage,
- stopping place,
- striptease,
- swan song,
- term,
- terminal,
- termination,
- terminus,
- turn,
- windup
- BM,
- Day of Atonement,
- Yom Kippur,
- abreaction,
- absolution,
- abstersion,
- acquittal,
- acquittance,
- acting-out,
- asceticism,
- bloody flux,
- bowdlerization,
- bowel movement,
- catharsis,
- cleaning,
- cleansing,
- clearance,
- clearing,
- cold purgatorial fires,
- compurgation,
- crap,
- defecation,
- dejection,
- deliverance,
- destigmatization,
- destigmatizing,
- detersion,
- diarrhea,
- discharge,
- disculpation,
- dismissal,
- dry cleaning,
- dysentery,
- emotional release,
- evacuation,
- exculpation,
- excuse,
- exoneration,
- explanation,
- expurgation,
- fasting,
- flagellation,
- flux,
- forgiveness,
- freeing,
- hair shirt,
- intermission,
- justification,
- lientery,
- loose bowels,
- lustration,
- maceration,
- mortification,
- motor abreaction,
- movement,
- outlet,
- pardon,
- penance,
- penitence,
- penitential act,
- penitential exercise,
- psychocatharsis,
- psychodrama,
- purgatory,
- purge,
- purging,
- purification,
- quietus,
- quittance,
- rationalization,
- rehabilitation,
- reinstatement,
- release,
- release therapy,
- remission,
- removal,
- repentance,
- reprieve,
- respite,
- restoration,
- runs,
- sackcloth and ashes,
- shit,
- shits,
- steam cleaning,
- stool,
- surcease,
- suspension,
- trots,
- turistas,
- verdict of acquittal,
- vindication,
- voidance
- 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" related words >
- abeyance,
- acting,
- ad interim,
- afterthought,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- breach,
- break,
- bureaucratic delay,
- caesura,
- cease-fire,
- cessation,
- clearance,
- day off,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- detention,
- discontinuity,
- distance between,
- double space,
- double take,
- dragging,
- drop,
- em space,
- en space,
- fissure,
- freeboard,
- gap,
- hair space,
- half space,
- halt,
- hang-up,
- hesitation,
- hiatus,
- hindrance,
- holdup,
- holiday,
- interlude,
- intermediate space,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermittence,
- interruption,
- interspace,
- interstice,
- interval,
- jam,
- jump,
- lacuna,
- lag,
- lagging,
- lapse,
- layoff,
- leap,
- leeway,
- letup,
- logjam,
- lull,
- margin,
- moratorium,
- obstruction,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- pro,
- provisional,
- provisory,
- recess,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- remission,
- reprieve,
- respite,
- rest,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- room,
- single space,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowness,
- space,
- space between,
- stand-down,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- supply,
- suspension,
- temporary,
- tentative,
- tie-up,
- time interval,
- time lag,
- truce,
- vacation,
- wait
- recess
collapse
- an enclosure that is set back or indented
- a small concavity
- make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood"
- put into a recess; "recess lights" related words >
- Jim Crow,
- abeyance,
- adjourn,
- adytum,
- alcove,
- apartheid,
- apartness,
- ashram,
- asylum,
- bay,
- bolt-hole,
- bosom,
- break,
- breath,
- breathe,
- breather,
- breathing place,
- breathing space,
- breathing spell,
- breathing time,
- cache,
- caesura,
- call a break,
- call a recess,
- call time,
- carrel,
- cease-fire,
- cell,
- center,
- cigarette break,
- cloister,
- cocktail hour,
- coffee break,
- concealment,
- continue,
- core,
- corner,
- cove,
- cover,
- covert,
- coverture,
- cranny,
- cubby,
- cubbyhole,
- cubicle,
- dark corner,
- day off,
- declare a recess,
- deepest recesses,
- defer,
- delay,
- den,
- dent,
- depress,
- depths,
- detachment,
- dimple,
- dint,
- dissolve,
- downtime,
- drag out,
- drop,
- dugout,
- enforced respite,
- engrave,
- extend,
- foxhole,
- funk hole,
- half time,
- half-time intermission,
- halt,
- hang fire,
- hang up,
- happy hour,
- heart,
- heart of hearts,
- hermitage,
- hesitate,
- hesitation,
- hideaway,
- hideout,
- hidey hole,
- hiding,
- hiding place,
- hold off,
- hold over,
- hold up,
- hole,
- holiday,
- hollow,
- holy of holies,
- impress,
- imprint,
- indent,
- inglenook,
- inner,
- inner landscape,
- inner life,
- inner man,
- inner nature,
- inner recess,
- inner self,
- inside,
- interim,
- interior,
- interior man,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermit,
- intermittence,
- intern,
- internal,
- interregnum,
- interruption,
- interval,
- intervene,
- intrados,
- inward,
- isolation,
- isolationism,
- ivory tower,
- knock off,
- lair,
- lapse,
- lay aside,
- lay by,
- lay off,
- lay over,
- layoff,
- let up,
- letup,
- lull,
- mew,
- niche,
- nook,
- notch,
- off-time,
- oriel,
- pause,
- penetralia,
- pigeonhole,
- pit,
- pitchhole,
- plateau,
- pock,
- pockmark,
- point of repose,
- postpone,
- press in,
- privacy,
- privatism,
- privatization,
- prolong,
- prorogate,
- prorogue,
- protract,
- punch,
- punch in,
- push aside,
- put aside,
- put off,
- put on ice,
- quarantine,
- quiet spell,
- recesses,
- recession,
- reclusion,
- refuge,
- relief,
- remission,
- reserve,
- respite,
- rest,
- resting point,
- retirement,
- retreat,
- rise,
- roomlet,
- rustication,
- sanctuary,
- sanctum,
- sanctum sanctorum,
- seclusion,
- secrecy,
- secret place,
- secret places,
- segregation,
- separation,
- sequestration,
- set aside,
- set back,
- set by,
- set in,
- shelve,
- shift off,
- sleep on,
- snuggery,
- soul,
- spell,
- splendid isolation,
- stamp,
- stand over,
- stand-down,
- stash,
- stave off,
- stay,
- stop for breath,
- stretch out,
- surcease,
- suspend,
- suspension,
- table,
- take a break,
- take a recess,
- take a rest,
- take five,
- take ten,
- take time out,
- tamp,
- tea break,
- terminate,
- time off,
- time out,
- truce,
- undercovert,
- vacation,
- vital center,
- vitals,
- waive,
- withdrawal
- lacuna
collapse
- a blank gap or missing part related words >
- alveolation,
- alveolus,
- antrum,
- aperture,
- armpit,
- arrearage,
- basin,
- bowl,
- breach,
- break,
- broaching,
- caesura,
- cavity,
- cessation,
- chasm,
- check,
- clearance,
- clearing,
- cleft,
- concave,
- concavity,
- crack,
- crater,
- crypt,
- cup,
- defalcation,
- defect,
- deficiency,
- deficit,
- depression,
- dip,
- disclosure,
- discontinuity,
- distance between,
- double space,
- em space,
- en space,
- fenestra,
- fissure,
- fistula,
- fold,
- follicle,
- fontanel,
- foramen,
- freeboard,
- funnel chest,
- gap,
- gape,
- gat,
- gulf,
- hair space,
- half space,
- hiatus,
- hole,
- hollow,
- hollow shell,
- inlet,
- interim,
- intermediate space,
- intermission,
- interruption,
- interspace,
- interstice,
- interval,
- jump,
- lack,
- laying open,
- leak,
- leap,
- leeway,
- letup,
- lull,
- margin,
- missing link,
- need,
- omission,
- opening,
- opening up,
- orifice,
- outage,
- outlet,
- passageway,
- pause,
- pit,
- pocket,
- pore,
- punch bowl,
- room,
- scoop,
- shell,
- shortage,
- single space,
- sink,
- sinus,
- slot,
- socket,
- space,
- space between,
- split,
- stoma,
- suspension,
- throwing open,
- time interval,
- trough,
- ullage,
- uncorking,
- unstopping,
- vug,
- want,
- wantage,
- yawn
- pause
collapse
- temporary inactivity
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch" related words >
- abeyance,
- accent,
- accent mark,
- afterthought,
- back down,
- balance,
- bar,
- bashfulness,
- bind,
- blench,
- block,
- blockage,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- boundary,
- breach,
- break,
- breath,
- breathe,
- breather,
- breathing place,
- breathing space,
- breathing spell,
- breathing time,
- breve rest,
- bureaucratic delay,
- caesura,
- call a break,
- call a recess,
- call time,
- cancel,
- cease-fire,
- cessation,
- character,
- cigarette break,
- clause boundary,
- clause terminal,
- close juncture,
- cocktail hour,
- coffee break,
- colon,
- comma,
- compunction,
- custos,
- day off,
- debate,
- declare a recess,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- deliberate,
- demur,
- demurral,
- detention,
- diffidence,
- direct,
- discontinuance,
- discontinuation,
- discontinue,
- discontinuity,
- dot,
- double take,
- downtime,
- dragging,
- drop,
- eighth rest,
- enforced respite,
- expression mark,
- falling terminal,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fear,
- fermata,
- fight shy of,
- fissure,
- flinch,
- gap,
- half rest,
- half time,
- half-time intermission,
- halt,
- hang back,
- hang off,
- hang-up,
- happy hour,
- have qualms,
- hem and haw,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitate,
- hesitation,
- hiatus,
- hindrance,
- hold,
- hold off,
- hold up,
- hold-up,
- holdup,
- holiday,
- hover,
- hum and haw,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermit,
- intermittence,
- interregnum,
- interrupt,
- interruption,
- interval,
- intervene,
- jam,
- jib,
- juncture,
- key signature,
- knock off,
- lacuna,
- lag,
- lagging,
- lapse,
- lay off,
- layoff,
- lead,
- let up,
- letup,
- ligature,
- logjam,
- lull,
- make bones about,
- mark,
- mark time,
- measure,
- metronomic mark,
- minim,
- modesty,
- moratorium,
- notation,
- objection,
- obstruction,
- off-time,
- open juncture,
- paperasserie,
- period,
- plateau,
- point,
- point of repose,
- ponder,
- presa,
- protest,
- pull back,
- quail,
- qualm,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmishness,
- quarter rest,
- quiet spell,
- recess,
- recoil,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- relief,
- remission,
- reprieve,
- respite,
- rest,
- resting point,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- retreat,
- rising terminal,
- sandhi,
- scruple,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- segno,
- semicolon,
- shilly-shally,
- shrink,
- shrinking,
- shy,
- shy at,
- shyness,
- sign,
- signature,
- sixteenth rest,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowness,
- slur,
- spell,
- stand-down,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stick at,
- stickle,
- stickling,
- stop,
- stop for breath,
- stop to consider,
- stoppage,
- straddle the fence,
- strain,
- strain at,
- surcease,
- suspend,
- suspension,
- swell,
- symbol,
- take a break,
- take a recess,
- take a rest,
- take five,
- take ten,
- take time out,
- tea break,
- tempo mark,
- terminal,
- think twice about,
- tie,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- time off,
- time out,
- time signature,
- truce,
- vacation,
- vinculum,
- wait,
- waver,
- wince,
- withdraw,
- word boundary,
- yield
- song and dance
collapse
- theatrical performance combining singing and dancing related words >
- Broadway musical,
- Singspiel,
- act,
- afterpiece,
- ballad opera,
- ballet,
- ballet divertissement,
- bamboozlement,
- befooling,
- bit,
- bluffing,
- calculated deception,
- chaser,
- chorus show,
- circumvention,
- comedy ballet,
- comic opera,
- conning,
- curtain,
- curtain call,
- curtain raiser,
- dance drama,
- deceiving,
- deception,
- deceptiveness,
- defrauding,
- delusion,
- delusiveness,
- divertimento,
- divertissement,
- dupery,
- enmeshment,
- ensnarement,
- entanglement,
- entrapment,
- epilogue,
- exode,
- exodus,
- expository scene,
- fallaciousness,
- fallacy,
- falseness,
- finale,
- flimflam,
- flimflammery,
- fond illusion,
- fooling,
- grand opera,
- hallucination,
- hoke act,
- hoodwinking,
- illusion,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- introduction,
- kidding,
- light opera,
- lyric drama,
- minstrel,
- minstrel show,
- mirage,
- music drama,
- musical,
- musical comedy,
- musical stage,
- musical theater,
- number,
- opera,
- opera ballet,
- opera bouffe,
- opera buffa,
- operetta,
- outwitting,
- overreaching,
- phantasm,
- pitch,
- prologue,
- putting on,
- routine,
- scene,
- self-deception,
- shtick,
- sketch,
- skit,
- snow job,
- song-and-dance act,
- song-play,
- spoofery,
- spoofing,
- stand-up comedy act,
- striptease,
- subterfuge,
- swindling,
- trickiness,
- tricking,
- turn,
- victimization,
- vision,
- willful misconception,
- wishful thinking
- 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
- quiescence
collapse
- quiet and inactive restfulness related words >
- a wise passiveness,
- abidingness,
- awful silence,
- changelessness,
- cold storage,
- constancy,
- contemplation,
- contemplative life,
- dead,
- dead of night,
- deathlike silence,
- do-nothing policy,
- do-nothingism,
- do-nothingness,
- doldrums,
- dormancy,
- durability,
- durableness,
- duration,
- endurance,
- firmness,
- fixedness,
- frozenness,
- golden silence,
- hardening,
- hibernation,
- hush,
- hush of night,
- idleness,
- immobility,
- immovability,
- immovableness,
- immutability,
- inaction,
- inactiveness,
- inactivity,
- inaudibility,
- indolence,
- inertia,
- inertness,
- intermission,
- interruption,
- invariability,
- invariableness,
- inveteracy,
- laissez-aller,
- laissez-faire,
- laissez-faireism,
- lastingness,
- latency,
- long standing,
- lucid stillness,
- lull,
- meditation,
- motionlessness,
- mum,
- neutralism,
- neutrality,
- neutralness,
- noiselessness,
- noninvolvement,
- nonparticipation,
- nonresistance,
- nonviolence,
- nonviolent resistance,
- pacifism,
- paralysis,
- passive resistance,
- passive self-annihilation,
- passiveness,
- passivism,
- passivity,
- peace,
- permanence,
- permanency,
- perpetualness,
- persistence,
- persistency,
- policy,
- procrastination,
- quiescency,
- quiet,
- quietism,
- quietness,
- quietude,
- rest,
- rigidity,
- silence,
- silentness,
- solemn silence,
- solidity,
- soundlessness,
- stability,
- stagnancy,
- stagnation,
- standing,
- standpattism,
- stasis,
- steadfastness,
- still,
- stillness,
- suspension,
- tacitness,
- taciturnity,
- tomblike silence,
- torpor,
- tranquillity,
- unchangeability,
- unchangingness,
- underactivity,
- vegetation,
- vita contemplativa,
- waiting game,
- watching and waiting,
- whisht
- cessation
collapse
- a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder" related words >
- Z,
- abandonment,
- abeyance,
- abjuration,
- abjurement,
- absentation,
- apodosis,
- breach,
- break,
- caesura,
- casting away,
- catastrophe,
- cease,
- ceasing,
- close,
- closing,
- coda,
- cold storage,
- conclusion,
- consummation,
- crack of doom,
- culmination,
- curtain,
- curtains,
- dead set,
- dead stand,
- dead stop,
- deadlock,
- death,
- decease,
- decline,
- denouement,
- desistance,
- destination,
- destiny,
- desuetude,
- discontinuance,
- disuse,
- doom,
- dying down,
- ebb,
- ebbing,
- effect,
- end,
- end point,
- ending,
- envoi,
- epilogue,
- eschatology,
- evacuation,
- expiration,
- fate,
- final solution,
- final twitch,
- final words,
- finale,
- finality,
- finis,
- finish,
- fissure,
- forbearance,
- forsaking,
- full stop,
- gap,
- goal,
- halt,
- hiatus,
- homestretch,
- interim,
- intermission,
- interruption,
- interval,
- izzard,
- jettison,
- jettisoning,
- lacuna,
- lapse,
- last,
- last breath,
- last gasp,
- last lap,
- last round,
- last stage,
- last things,
- last trumpet,
- last words,
- latter end,
- leaving,
- letup,
- lock,
- lull,
- nonexercise,
- omega,
- pause,
- payoff,
- period,
- peroration,
- pulling out,
- quietus,
- relinquishment,
- renouncement,
- renunciation,
- resignation,
- resolution,
- resting place,
- stand,
- standstill,
- stillstand,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- stopping place,
- subsidence,
- suspension,
- swan song,
- term,
- terminal,
- termination,
- terminus,
- throwing overboard,
- waiver,
- wane,
- waning,
- windup,
- withdrawal
- Emancipation Proclamation,
- abalienation,
- accommodation,
- accordance,
- action,
- affranchisement,
- alienation,
- amortization,
- amortizement,
- assignation,
- assignment,
- award,
- awarding,
- bargain and sale,
- barter,
- bequeathal,
- bestowal,
- bestowment,
- break,
- breakout,
- catharsis,
- cession,
- cleansing,
- communication,
- concession,
- condemnation,
- conferment,
- conferral,
- consideration,
- consignation,
- consignment,
- contribution,
- conveyance,
- conveyancing,
- decision,
- decree,
- deeding,
- delivery,
- demise,
- determination,
- diagnosis,
- dictum,
- discharge,
- disenthrallment,
- disposal,
- disposition,
- donation,
- doom,
- emancipation,
- emergence,
- emotional release,
- endowment,
- enfeoffment,
- enfranchisement,
- escape,
- escapism,
- evasion,
- exchange,
- extrication,
- finding,
- flight,
- freeing,
- furnishment,
- gay liberation,
- getaway,
- gifting,
- giving,
- grant,
- granting,
- impartation,
- impartment,
- intermission,
- investiture,
- issuance,
- issue,
- jailbreak,
- leak,
- leakage,
- lease and release,
- liberality,
- liberation,
- lifesaving,
- manumission,
- offer,
- order,
- outlet,
- precedent,
- presentation,
- presentment,
- prisonbreak,
- prognosis,
- pronouncement,
- provision,
- purgation,
- purge,
- purging,
- ransom,
- recovery,
- redemption,
- release,
- removal,
- reprieve,
- rescue,
- resolution,
- respite,
- retrieval,
- riddance,
- ruling,
- sale,
- salvage,
- salvation,
- saving,
- sentence,
- setting at liberty,
- setting-free,
- settlement,
- settling,
- subscription,
- supplying,
- surcease,
- surrender,
- suspension,
- trading,
- transfer,
- transference,
- transmission,
- transmittal,
- vent,
- verdict,
- vesting,
- vouchsafement
- 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" related words >
- abatement,
- abeyance,
- absolution,
- acquittal,
- acquittance,
- allayment,
- alleviation,
- amnesty,
- assuagement,
- attrition,
- blunting,
- break,
- caesura,
- calming,
- catabasis,
- cease-fire,
- clearance,
- clearing,
- collapse,
- compurgation,
- crash,
- curtailment,
- cut,
- cutting,
- damping,
- day off,
- deadening,
- deceleration,
- declension,
- decline,
- decline and fall,
- decrease,
- decrement,
- decrescendo,
- deliverance,
- demulsion,
- depletion,
- depreciation,
- derogation,
- destigmatization,
- destigmatizing,
- detraction,
- diminuendo,
- diminution,
- dip,
- discharge,
- disculpation,
- dismissal,
- disparagement,
- dive,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- drop,
- dulcification,
- dulling,
- dwindling,
- easing,
- ebb,
- ebbing,
- exculpation,
- excuse,
- exemption,
- exoneration,
- extraction,
- fall,
- falling-off,
- forgiveness,
- grace,
- hesitation,
- holiday,
- hushing,
- immunity,
- impairment,
- indemnity,
- indulgence,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermittence,
- interruption,
- interval,
- lapse,
- layoff,
- leniency,
- lessening,
- letdown,
- letup,
- lightening,
- loosening,
- lull,
- lulling,
- mitigation,
- modulation,
- mollification,
- pacification,
- palliation,
- pardon,
- pause,
- plunge,
- purgation,
- purging,
- quietening,
- quieting,
- quietus,
- quittance,
- recess,
- redemption,
- reduction,
- relaxation,
- release,
- remission of sin,
- reprieve,
- respite,
- rest,
- retraction,
- retreat,
- retrenchment,
- shortening,
- shrift,
- shrinkage,
- slackening,
- slowdown,
- slump,
- softening,
- soothing,
- sparing,
- stand-down,
- stay,
- subduement,
- subsidence,
- suspension,
- tempering,
- tranquilization,
- truce,
- truncation,
- vacation,
- verdict of acquittal,
- vindication,
- wane
- epilogue
collapse
- a short passage added at the end of a literary work; "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters"
- a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play related words >
- PS,
- Parthian shot,
- Z,
- act,
- addendum,
- affix,
- afterpiece,
- afterthought,
- afterword,
- allonge,
- apodosis,
- appendix,
- back matter,
- bit,
- catastrophe,
- ceasing,
- cessation,
- chaser,
- chorus,
- coda,
- codicil,
- colophon,
- commentary,
- conclusion,
- consequence,
- consummation,
- continuance,
- continuation,
- crack of doom,
- culmination,
- curtain,
- curtain call,
- curtain raiser,
- curtains,
- death,
- decease,
- denouement,
- destination,
- destiny,
- divertimento,
- divertissement,
- doom,
- double take,
- dying words,
- effect,
- enclitic,
- end,
- end point,
- ending,
- envoi,
- eschatology,
- exode,
- exodus,
- expiration,
- expository scene,
- fate,
- final solution,
- final twitch,
- final words,
- finale,
- finality,
- finis,
- finish,
- follow-through,
- follow-up,
- goal,
- hoke act,
- infix,
- interlineation,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- interpolation,
- introduction,
- izzard,
- last,
- last breath,
- last gasp,
- last things,
- last trumpet,
- last words,
- latter end,
- marginalia,
- note,
- number,
- omega,
- parting shot,
- payoff,
- period,
- peroration,
- postface,
- postfix,
- postlude,
- postscript,
- prefix,
- proclitic,
- prologue,
- quietus,
- refrain,
- resolution,
- resting place,
- rider,
- routine,
- scene,
- scholia,
- second thought,
- sequel,
- sequela,
- sequelae,
- sequelant,
- sequent,
- sequitur,
- shtick,
- sketch,
- skit,
- song and dance,
- stand-up comedy act,
- stoppage,
- stopping place,
- striptease,
- subscript,
- suffix,
- supplement,
- swan song,
- tag,
- tail,
- term,
- terminal,
- termination,
- terminus,
- turn,
- windup
- 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" related words >
- Alexandrine,
- abeyance,
- accent,
- accentuation,
- amphibrach,
- amphimacer,
- anacrusis,
- anapest,
- antispast,
- arsis,
- bacchius,
- beat,
- boundary,
- breach,
- break,
- cadence,
- catalexis,
- cease-fire,
- cessation,
- chloriamb,
- chloriambus,
- clearance,
- colon,
- comma,
- counterpoint,
- cretic,
- dactyl,
- dactylic hexameter,
- day off,
- diaeresis,
- dimeter,
- dipody,
- discontinuity,
- distance between,
- dochmiac,
- double space,
- drop,
- elegiac,
- elegiac couplet,
- elegiac pentameter,
- em space,
- emphasis,
- en space,
- epitrite,
- feminine caesura,
- fissure,
- foot,
- freeboard,
- gap,
- hair space,
- half space,
- heptameter,
- heptapody,
- heroic couplet,
- hesitation,
- hexameter,
- hexapody,
- hiatus,
- holiday,
- iamb,
- iambic,
- iambic pentameter,
- ictus,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermediate space,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermittence,
- interruption,
- interspace,
- interstice,
- interval,
- ionic,
- jingle,
- jump,
- juncture,
- lacuna,
- lapse,
- layoff,
- leap,
- leeway,
- letup,
- lilt,
- lull,
- margin,
- masculine caesura,
- measure,
- meter,
- metrical accent,
- metrical foot,
- metrical group,
- metrical unit,
- metron,
- molossus,
- mora,
- movement,
- numbers,
- paeon,
- pause,
- pentameter,
- pentapody,
- period,
- point,
- proceleusmatic,
- pyrrhic,
- quantity,
- recess,
- remission,
- respite,
- rest,
- rhythm,
- room,
- semicolon,
- single space,
- space,
- space between,
- spondee,
- sprung rhythm,
- stand-down,
- stay,
- stop,
- stress,
- suspension,
- swing,
- syzygy,
- tetrameter,
- tetrapody,
- tetraseme,
- thesis,
- time interval,
- tribrach,
- trimeter,
- tripody,
- triseme,
- trochee,
- truce,
- vacation
- skit
collapse
- a short theatrical episode related words >
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- act,
- afterpiece,
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- bit,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- chaser,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- critical success,
- curtain,
- curtain call,
- curtain raiser,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- divertimento,
- divertissement,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- epilogue,
- exode,
- exodus,
- experimental theater,
- expository scene,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- finale,
- flop,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- hoke act,
- improvisational drama,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- introduction,
- legitimate drama,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- number,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- review,
- revue,
- routine,
- scene,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- shtick,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- song and dance,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- stand-up comedy act,
- straight drama,
- striptease,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- turn,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
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