INTERMISSION

intermission

(noun) the act of suspending activity temporarily

pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension

(noun) a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

intermission (plural intermissions)

A break between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly.

Anagrams

• misinsertion, nitrosimines

Source: Wiktionary


In`ter*mis"sion, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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