| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | five of something |
| Synonyms: | cinque, cinquefoil, limerick, lustrum, pentacle, pentad, pentagon, pentagram, pentangle, quincunx, quinquennial, quinquennium, quintette, quintuple, quintuplet, quintuplets. associatedwords: quinary, quintuplicate |
| Main Entry: | moratorium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suspension |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, abeyancy, adjournment, ban, break, breather, breathing spell, deferment, delay, downtime, five, freeze, grace period, halt, pause, postponement, reprieve, respite, stay, truce |
| Main Entry: | respite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause, suspension in activity |
| Synonyms: | acquittal, adjournment, break, breath*, breather, breathing space, cessation, coffee break, deadlock, deferment, delay, deliverance, discharge, downtime, ease, exculpation, five, forgiveness, halt, hiatus, immunity, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interval, layoff, leisure, letup, lull, moratorium, pardon, postponement, protraction, recess, relaxation, release, relief, reprieve, rest, stay, stop, ten, time, time out, truce |
| Antonyms: | continuation |
| Main Entry: | suspension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delay |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, abeyancy, adjournment, break, breather, breathing spell, cessation, coffee break, concluding, conclusion, cutoff, deferment, disbarment, discontinuation, discontinuing, doldrums, dormancy, downtime, end, ending, finish, five, freeze, halt, heave-ho, intermission, interruption, latency, layoff, letup, moratorium, pause, period, postponement, quiescence, quiescency, remission, respite, stay, stoppage, suspense, ten, termination, time-out |
| Antonyms: | completion, continuation, finish, persistence |
| Main Entry: | suspension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Concept: | Interval. |
| Category: | 1. GENERAL DIMENSIONS |
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-nouns
interval, interspace; separation; break, gap, opening; hole; chasm, hiatus, caesura; interruption, interregnum; interstice, lacuna, cleft, mesh, crevice, chink, rime, creek, cranny, crack, chap, slit, fissure, scissure, rift, flaw, breach, rent, gash, cut, leak, dike, ha-ha., gorge, defile, ravine, canon, crevasse, abyss, abysm; gulf; inlet, frith, strait, gully; pass; furrow; abra; barranca, barranco; clove [U.S.], gulch [U.S.], notch [U.S.]; yawning gulf; hiatus maxime, hiatus valde deflendus; parenthesis (interjacence); void. (absence) [more]; incompleteness.
-verbs
-adjectives
with an interval, far between; breachy, rimose, rimulose.
-adverbs
at intervals (discontinuously); longo intervallo.
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