Found 2 items, similar to intermission.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: intermission intermission n 1: the act of suspending activity temporarily 2: a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something [syn: pause, break, interruption, suspension]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Intermission Intermission \In`ter*mis"sion\, n. [L. intermissio: cf. F. intermission. See Intermit.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Rest or intermission none I find. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Specifically: The short period between acts of a play, concert, opera, or other public performance when the audience may leave their seats for refreshment; -- it usually lasts from 10 to 20 minutes. [PJC] 4. (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. [1913 Webster] 5. Intervention; interposition. [Obs.] --Heylin. Syn: Cessation; interruption; interval; pause; stop; rest; suspension. See Cessation. [1913 Webster]