About The Word Intermission
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Intermission
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What's The Definition Of Intermission?
[n] the act of suspending activity temporarily
[n] a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something Synonyms | Synonyms for Intermission: break | interruption | pause | suspension Related Terms | Find terms related to Intermission: 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 See Also | blackout | caesura | delay | halftime | hold | interval | lapse | letup | lull | pause | postponement | relief | respite | rest | rest period | time interval | time lag | time-out | wait Intermission In Webster's Dictionary \In`ter*mis"sion\, n. [L. intermissio: cf. F.
intermission. See {Intermit}.]
1. The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being
neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance. --B. Jonson.
2. Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an
interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without
intermission; an intermission of ten minutes.
Rest or intermission none I find. --Milton.
3. (Med.) 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.
4. Intervention; interposition. [Obs.] --Heylin.
Syn: Cessation; interruption; interval; pause; stop; rest;
suspension. See {Cessation}.
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