intermission

An interval between periods of activity, as between the acts of a play. synonym: pause.

The act of intermitting, or the state of being intermitted; temporary cessation; pause: as, to labor without intermission; intermission of the pulse.

In medicine, the temporary cessation or subsidence of a disease, as fever; interval between paroxysms. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission or abatement of fever.

Period of cessation; an intervening time; interval; specifically, recess at school.

Interference.

Synonyms and Rest, Suspension, etc. (see stop, n.), interval, interruption, respite.

The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.

Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause

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.

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.