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| Main Entry: | suspension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delay |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, adjournment, break, breather*, cessation, coffee break, conclusion, deferment, doldrums, downtime*, end, ending, finish, five*, freeze, halt, intermission, interruption, layoff, letup, moratorium, pause, period, postponement, quiescence, remission, respite, stay, stoppage, suspense, ten*, termination, time-out, abeyancy, breathing spell, concluding, cutoff, disbarment, discontinuation, discontinuing, dormancy, heave-ho, latency, quiescency |
| Antonyms: | completion, continuation, finish, persistence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | suspension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Main Entry: | abeyance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | being inactive or suspended |
| Synonyms: | intermission, postponement, quiescence, recess, remission, suspension, discontinuation, dormancy, inactivity, latency, temporarily deferred, waiting |
| Antonyms: | action, activity, continuance, continuation, operation, renewal, revival |
| Main Entry: | adjournment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discontinuation or delay of a proceeding |
| Synonyms: | break, deferment, intermission, interruption, pause, postponement, recess, stay, suspension, deferral, prorogation, putting off |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, continuance |
| Main Entry: | armistice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peace-establishing agreement |
| Synonyms: | suspension, treaty, truce, ceasefire |
| Antonyms: | dispute, fight, war |
| Main Entry: | cessation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ending |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, arrest, break, breather*, cease, close, conclusion, discontinuance, downtime*, end, finish, freeze*, halt, halting, hiatus, intermission, interruption, interval, layoff*, pause, recess, remission, respite, rest, standstill, stay, stop, stoppage, suspension, termination, time off, time-out*, break-off, ceasing, cutoff, desistance, grinding halt, let-up, screaming halt |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deferment/deferral |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | postponement |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, delay, holdover*, moratorium, pause, stay, suspension, putting off |
| Antonyms: | advance, expedition, forging |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deferment, interruption |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, bind, check, detention, downtime*, filibuster, hindrance, holding pattern, impediment, interval, jam, lag, moratorium, obstruction, postponement, problem, remission, reprieve, setback, stall, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, suspension, wait, cooling-off period, cunctation, dawdling, demurral, discontinuation, hangup, hold-up, holding, lingering, logjam, loitering, procrastination, prorogation, putting off, retardation, retardment, showstopper, tarrying, tie-up |
| Notes: | various things may cause a delay, but a postponement will result from the action of a person |
| Antonyms: | advance, dispatch, expedition, furtherance, hurry, rush, speed, hastening |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dismissal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | release |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, banishment, bounce, cold shoulder*, deportation, deposition, discharge, dissolution, door*, end, eviction, exile, exorcism, expulsion, freedom, freeing, layoff, liberation, marching orders*, notice, ostracism, ouster, permission, pink slip*, removal, suspension, brush-off, congé, deposal, dislodgment, displacement, dispossession, expatriation, housecleaning, kiss-off, old heave-ho, relegation |
| Antonyms: | acceptance, appointment, employment, retention, welcome, hiring, maintainance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | exclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expulsion; forbiddance |
| Synonyms: | ban, bar, blackball*, blockade, boycott, cut, discharge, dismissal, ejection, elimination, embargo, eviction, exception, excommunication, interdict, occlusion, omission, ostracism, prevention, prohibition, refusal, rejection, removal, repudiation, segregation, separation, suspension, veto, coventry, debarment, debarring, interdicting, interdiction, keeping out, lockout, nonadmission, ousting, preclusion, proscription, relegation |
| Antonyms: | acceptance, addition, admittance, allowance, inclusion, incorporation, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expulsion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | banishing |
| Synonyms: | banishment, boot*, bounce, deportment, discharge, dismissal, ejection, eviction, exclusion, exile, ostracism, ouster, purge, removal, rush, suspension, debarment, dislodgment, displacement, dispossession, driving out, expatriation, extrusion, forcing out, ousting, proscription, relegation |
| Antonyms: | import, welcoming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intermission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, recess |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, breather, cessation, doldrums, downtime*, interim, interlude, interruption, interval, layoff, lull, pause, quiescence, respite, rest, spell, stop, stoppage, suspense, suspension, time, time-out, wait, abeyancy, break-off, breathing spell, dormancy, interregnum, latency, let-up, parenthesis, quiescency |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interruption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break; interference |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, arrest, breach, cessation, check, delay, disconnection, discontinuance, disruption, dissolution, disturbance, division, doldrums, gap, halt, hiatus, hindrance, hitch, impediment, interim, intermission, interval, intrusion, lacuna, layoff, letup*, obstacle, obstruction, pause, quiescence, rift, rupture, separation, split, stop, stoppage, suspension, abeyancy, blackout, break-off, cutoff, disuniting, dormancy, latency, parenthesis, severance |
| Antonyms: | continuation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wait, delay |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, break, breathing space*, caesura, cessation, coffee break, comma*, deadlock, discontinuance, downtime*, freeze*, gap, gridlock*, halt, happy hour*, hesitancy, hesitation, hiatus, hitch*, hush*, interim, interlude, intermission, interruption, interval, lacuna, lapse, layoff, letup*, lull, recess, respite, rest, stand, standstill, stay, stillness, stopover, stoppage, suspension, break-off, breathing spell, cutoff, interregnum, pausation, rest period, time out |
| Antonyms: | continuation, persistence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reprieve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relief of blame, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | abatement, abeyance, absolution, acquittal, amnesty, anchor*, clearance, clemency, commute, deferment, freeing, mitigation, pardon, postponement, release, remission, respite, spring*, stay, suspension, truce, alleviation, let-up, lifeboat, lifesaver, palliation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | truce |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peaceful solution |
| Synonyms: | accord, agreement, amnesty, armistice, break, breather*, cease-fire, cessation, detente, halt, intermission, interval, letup, lull, moratorium, olive branch*, pause, peace, reconciliation, reprieve, respite, rest, stay, suspension, terms, treaty, white flag*, de-escalation, temporary peace, wind-down |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, fight, war |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | excommunication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expulsion |
| Synonyms: | damnation, dismissal, removal, suspension |
| Main Entry: | deferment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | postponement |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, delay, moratorium, pause, stay, suspension, deferral, putting off |
| Main Entry: | postponement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | respite |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, deferment, delay, pause, stay, suspension |
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