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Main Entry: letup
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pause

Synonyms:

abatement, break, cessation, interval, lapse, lessening, let-up, lull, recess, remission, respite, slackening

Antonyms:

continuation
Main Entry: break
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: interruption of activity

Synonyms:

apnea, blow, breather, breathing space, caesura, coffee break, cutoff, downtime, halt, hiatus, interlude, intermission, interval, lacuna, layoff, letup, lull, pause, recess, respite, rest, suspension, ten, time off, time out
Notes: to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack

Antonyms:

continuation, continuity
Main Entry: cessation
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: downtime
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: time during which an activity is stopped

Synonyms:

break, breathing spell, free time, freedom, halt, interim, interlude, intermission, letup, lull, pause, recess, repose, respite, rest, spare time, spell, stay, suspension, time on one's hands, time out, time to burn, time to kill
Main Entry: halt
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: end, stoppage

Synonyms:

arrest, break, break-off, close, cutoff, freeze*, grinding halt, impasse, interruption, layoff, letup, pause, screaming halt, screeching halt, stand, standstill, stop, termination

Antonyms:

continuation, endurance, go, perseverence, start
Main Entry: interim
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: interval

Synonyms:

breach, break, breather, breathing spell, coffee break, cutoff, downtime, gap, hiatus, interlude, interregnum, interruption, lacuna, layoff, letup, meantime, meanwhile, pause, take ten, time*, time-out

Antonyms:

continuation, permanence
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: interval
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: break, pause

Synonyms:

breach, breathing space, comma, delay, distance, downtime, five, gap, hiatus, interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, lacuna, layoff, letup, lull, meantime, opening, parenthesis, pausation, period, playtime, rest, season, space, spell, ten, term, time, time-out, wait, while

Antonyms:

continuation
Main Entry: lull
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pause, calm

Synonyms:

abeyance, break, breather, breathing spell, calmness, coffee break, comma, downtime, hiatus, hush, layoff, letup, pausation, quiescence, quiet, respite, silence, stillness, stop, time-out, tranquility

Antonyms:

busyness, continuation, disturbance, energy
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