intermission > define

noun

• The act of suspending activity temporarily.
• A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something.
  • synonyms: pause, break, interruption, suspension

• (n.) Intervention; interposition.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.
• (n.) Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes.