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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop, finish |
| Synonyms: | abolish, abort, achieve, adjourn, annul, bounce, bound, bring to an end, cancel, cease, close, come to an end, complete, conclude, confine, cut off, define, desist, determine, discharge, discontinue, dismiss, dissolve, drop, eliminate, end, expire, extinguish, fire, halt, issue, lapse, limit, perfect, prorogate, prorogue, put an end to, recess, restrict, result, run out, sack, scratch, scrub, tether, ultimate, wind down, wind up, wrap up, wrap* |
| Antonyms: | begin, initiate, open, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sinus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cavity |
| Synonyms: | antrum, channel, depression, hollow, opening, pocket, recess |
| Main Entry: | breather |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rest |
| Synonyms: | break, lull, pause, recess, respite |
| Main Entry: | time off |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leisure time |
| Synonyms: | break, breathing spell, day off, downtime, furlough, holiday, leave of absence, liberty, mental health day, pause, recess, respite, sabbatical, shore leave, sick leave, vacation |
| Main Entry: | time-out |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suspension of activity |
| Synonyms: | break, breather, breathing spell, halt, interlude, intermission, letup, lull, pause, recess, rest, short break, spell |
| Main Entry: | playtime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recreation |
| Synonyms: | amusement, holiday, leisure, pleasure, recess, vacation |
| Main Entry: | coffee break |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause from work |
| Synonyms: | break, pause, recess, tea break |
| Main Entry: | interspace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap |
| Synonyms: | aperture, arroyo, blank, caesura, canyon, chasm, cleft, clove, crack*, cranny, crevice, cut, defile, difference, disagreement, discontinuity, disparity, divergence, divide, division, fracture, gorge, gulch, gully, hiatus, hole, hollow, inconsistency, interlude, intermission, interruption, interstice, interval, lacuna, lull, notch, opening, orifice, pause, ravine, recess, rent, respite, rest, rift, rupture, separation, slit, slot, space, vacuity, void |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | latency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abeyance |
| Synonyms: | abeyancy, discontinuation, dormancy, inactivity, intermission, postponement, quiescence, recess, remission, suspension, temporarily deferred, waiting |
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