Break-off

Main Entry:
cessation [se-sey-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ending
Synonyms: abeyance, arrest, break, break-off, breather, cease, ceasing, close, conclusion, cutoff, desistance, discontinuance, downtime, end, finish, freeze*, grinding halt, halt, halting, hiatus, intermission, interruption, interval, layoff, let-up, pause, recess, remission, respite, rest, screaming halt, standstill, stay, stop, stoppage, suspension, termination, time off, time-out
Antonyms: beginning, commencement, start
Main Entry: intermission
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: break, recess
Synonyms: abeyance, abeyancy, break-off, breather, breathing spell, cessation, doldrums, dormancy, downtime, interim, interlude, interregnum, interruption, interval, latency, layoff, let-up, lull, parenthesis, pause, quiescence, quiescency, respite, rest, spell, stop, stoppage, suspense, suspension, time, time-out, wait
Main Entry: interruption
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: break; interference
Synonyms: abeyance, abeyancy, arrest, blackout, breach, break-off, cessation, check, cutoff, delay, disconnection, discontinuance, disruption, dissolution, disturbance, disuniting, division, doldrums, dormancy, gap, halt, hiatus, hindrance, hitch, impediment, interim, intermission, interval, intrusion, lacuna, latency, layoff, letup, obstacle, obstruction, parenthesis, pause, quiescence, rift, rupture, separation, severance, split, stop, stoppage, suspension
Antonyms: continuation
Main Entry: pause
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: wait, delay
Synonyms: abeyance, break, break-off, breathing space, breathing spell, caesura, cessation, coffee break, comma, cutoff, deadlock, discontinuance, downtime, freeze*, gap, gridlock, halt, happy hour, hesitancy, hesitation, hiatus, hitch*, hush, interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interval, lacuna, lapse, layoff, letup, lull, pausation, recess, respite, rest, rest period, stand, standstill, stay, stillness, stopover, stoppage, suspension, time out
Antonyms: continuation, persistence
Main Entry: recess
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: break, interval in action
Synonyms: break-off, breather, breathing spell, cessation, closure, coffee break, cutoff, downtime, halt, happy hour, hiatus, holiday, interlude, intermission, interregnum, layoff, letup, lull, pause, respite, rest, stop, suspension, ten, time-out, vacation
Antonyms: continuation
Related Words
Main Entry: interruption
Part of Speech: noun
Related
Adjectives:
alternate, broken, desultory, disconnected, discontinuous, fitful, intermittent, intermitting, interrupted, porlockian, recurrent, spasmodic, unconnected, unsuccessive
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: [Change from action to rest] Cessation.
Category: 1. SIMPLE CHANGE
Synonyms:
-nouns
cessation, discontinuance, desistance, desinence., intermission, remission; suspense, suspension; interruption; stop; stopping; closure, stoppage, halt; arrival., pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop; interregnum, abeyance; cloture [U.S. Congress]., dead stop, dead stand, dead lock; finis, cerrado; blowout, burnout, meltdown, disintegration; comma, colon, semicolon, period, full stop; end; death.
-verbs
cease, discontinue, desist, stay, halt; break off, leave off; hold, stop, pull up, stop short; stick, hang fire; halt; pause, rest; burn out, blow out, melt down., have done with, give over, surcease, shut up shop; give up (relinquish)., hold one's hand, stay one's hand; rest on one's oars, repose on one's laurels., come to a stand, come to a standstill; come to a deadlock, come to a full stop; arrive; go out, die away; wear away, wear off; pass away (be past); be at an end; disintegrate, self-destruct., intromit, interrupt, suspend, interpel; intermit, remit; put an end to, put a stop to, put a period to; derail; turn off, switch off, power down, deactivate, disconnect; bring to a stand, bring to a standstill; stop, cut short, arrest, stem the tide, stem the torrent; pull the check-string, pull the plug on.
-phrases
"I pause for a reply" [Julius Caesar].
Antonyms: continuance
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