What is another word for pause?
Pronunciation:
[ pˈɔːz], [ pˈɔːz], [ p_ˈɔː_z]
Synonyms for Pause:
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n.
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- cannibalize ,
- cause doubt ,
- confuse ,
- create suspicion ,
- create uncertainty ,
- cut ,
- deactivate ,
- disable ,
- disengage ,
- flash ,
- flick ,
- flip off ,
- immobilize .
- breathing spells ,
- free times ,
- re pose ,
- re-pose ,
- spare times ,
- time burn ,
- time hand ,
- time hands ,
- time kill ,
- time on hand ,
- time on hands ,
- time on one hand ,
- time on one hands ,
- time on one's hand ,
- time on ones hand ,
- time on ones hands ,
- time one hand ,
- time one hands ,
- time one's hand ,
- time one's hands ,
- time ones hand ,
- time ones hands .
- Interspace ,
- cloves ,
- gaps ,
- ravine .
- dawdlings ,
- de laying ,
- de-laying ,
- delayings ,
- demurrals ,
- falterings ,
- hemming and hawings ,
- hemming hawing ,
- hemming hawings ,
- in decision ,
- in decisions ,
- in disposition ,
- in dispositions ,
- in-decision ,
- in-decisions ,
- in-disposition ,
- in-dispositions ,
- mis giving ,
- mis trust ,
- mis trusts ,
- mis-giving ,
- mis-trust ,
- un willingness ,
- un willingnesses ,
- un-willingness ,
- un-willingnesses .
- rest .
- idle hours ,
- leisure ,
- one's own sweet time ,
- re-creation ,
- re-creations ,
- requiescence ,
- sabbatical ,
- spare moment ,
- spare moments ,
- unemployment ,
- vacant hour .
- Reluctancy ,
- Superegos ,
- reconsideration ,
- reconsiderations ,
- scruple ,
- scruples ,
- squeamishness ,
- superego .
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v.
• abide • cease • check- Bitting ,
- counter act ,
- counter acted ,
- counter acting ,
- counter acts ,
- counter-act ,
- counter-acted ,
- counter-acting ,
- counter-acts ,
- de lay ,
- de lays ,
- de-lay ,
- de-lays ,
- dis courage ,
- dis courages ,
- dis-courage ,
- dis-courages ,
- holds down ,
- holds in ,
- nip bud ,
- nip in bud ,
- nip the bud ,
- played for time ,
- pre vent ,
- pre venting ,
- pre vents ,
- pre-vent ,
- pre-vented ,
- pre-venting ,
- pre-vents ,
- re buff ,
- re buffed ,
- re buffing ,
- re buffs ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re press ,
- re pressed ,
- re presses ,
- re pressing ,
- re pulse ,
- re pulsed ,
- re pulses ,
- re pulsing ,
- re-buff ,
- re-buffed ,
- re-buffing ,
- re-buffs ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- re-press ,
- re-presses ,
- re-pressing ,
- re-pulse ,
- re-pulsed ,
- re-pulses ,
- re-pulsing ,
- reining in ,
- slackened pace ,
- slackening pace ,
- slackens pace ,
- slowing down ,
- slows down ,
- with held ,
- with hold ,
- with holding ,
- with holds ,
- with-held ,
- with-hold ,
- with-holds .
- dis approve ,
- dis approved ,
- dis approves ,
- dis approving ,
- dis-approve ,
- dis-approved ,
- dis-approves ,
- dis-approving ,
- hem haw ,
- pro tested ,
- pro testing ,
- pro-tested ,
- pro-testing ,
- re fuse ,
- re fused ,
- re fuses ,
- re fusing ,
- re-fuse ,
- re-fused ,
- re-fuses ,
- takes exception ,
- took exception ,
- wait see .
- Re sign ,
- gave over ,
- gives over ,
- had done with ,
- haddest done with ,
- hadst done with ,
- has done with ,
- hast done with ,
- hath done with ,
- having done with ,
- not did ,
- re signed ,
- re signing ,
- re signs ,
- re-sign ,
- re-signed ,
- re-signing ,
- re-signs ,
- sur cease ,
- sur ceased ,
- sur ceases ,
- sur ceasing ,
- sur-cease ,
- sur-ceased ,
- sur-ceases ,
- sur-ceasing .
- bagged it ,
- bagging it ,
- bags it ,
- blew off ,
- blowing off ,
- blows off ,
- call quits ,
- called it quits ,
- called quits ,
- calling it quits ,
- calling quits ,
- calls quits ,
- dis connect ,
- dis connected ,
- dis connecting ,
- dis connects ,
- dis continue ,
- dis continued ,
- dis continues ,
- dis continuing ,
- dis join ,
- dis joined ,
- dis joining ,
- dis joins ,
- dis sever ,
- dis severed ,
- dis severing ,
- dis severs ,
- dis unite ,
- dis united ,
- dis unites ,
- dis-connect ,
- dis-connected ,
- dis-connecting ,
- dis-connects ,
- dis-continue ,
- dis-continued ,
- dis-continues ,
- dis-continuing ,
- dis-join ,
- dis-joined ,
- dis-joining ,
- dis-joins ,
- dis-sever ,
- dis-severed ,
- dis-severing ,
- dis-severs ,
- dis-unite ,
- dis-united ,
- dis-unites ,
- inter pose ,
- inter posed ,
- inter posing ,
- inter-pose ,
- inter-posed ,
- inter-posing ,
- puts an end to ,
- puts end to ,
- putting an end to ,
- putting end to ,
- refrained from ,
- refraining from ,
- refrains from .
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- goes easy ,
- going easy ,
- keeping from ,
- keeps from ,
- kept from ,
- re strain ,
- re strained ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re-strain ,
- re-strained ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains ,
- went easy .
- am defective ,
- are defective ,
- art defective ,
- being defective ,
- blew the whistle on ,
- blew whistle on ,
- blowing the whistle on ,
- blowing whistle on ,
- blows the whistle on ,
- blows whistle on ,
- bring an end ,
- bring end ,
- bring standstill ,
- bringing an end ,
- bringing end ,
- bringing standstill ,
- bringing to an end ,
- bringing to end ,
- bringing to standstill ,
- brings an end ,
- brings end ,
- brings standstill ,
- brings to an end ,
- brings to end ,
- brings to standstill ,
- brought an end ,
- brought end ,
- brought standstill ,
- brought to an end ,
- brought to end ,
- brought to standstill ,
- call day ,
- call it day ,
- called a day ,
- called day ,
- called it a day ,
- called it day ,
- calling a day ,
- calling day ,
- calling it a day ,
- calling it day ,
- calls a day ,
- calls day ,
- calls it a day ,
- calls it day ,
- came an end ,
- came end ,
- came to an end ,
- came to end ,
- ceased fire ,
- ceases fire ,
- ceasing fire ,
- closes down ,
- come an end ,
- come end ,
- come to end ,
- comes an end ,
- comes end ,
- comes to an end ,
- comes to end ,
- coming an end ,
- coming end ,
- coming to an end ,
- coming to end ,
- cooled it ,
- cooling it ,
- cools it ,
- dropped anchor ,
- drops anchor ,
- dropt anchor ,
- held at bay ,
- held bay ,
- hold bay ,
- holding at bay ,
- holding bay ,
- holds at bay ,
- holds bay ,
- intermits ,
- is defective ,
- put cork in ,
- puts a cork in ,
- puts cork in ,
- putting a cork in ,
- putting cork in ,
- shilly shally ,
- stands still ,
- stood still ,
- was defective ,
- wast defective ,
- were defective ,
- wert defective ,
- whiffles ,
- wiggle waggle ,
- wiggle waggled ,
- wiggle waggles ,
- wiggle waggling ,
- wiggle-waggled ,
- wiggle-waggles ,
- wiggle-waggling ,
- wigglewaggle ,
- wigglewaggled ,
- wigglewaggles ,
- wigglewaggling .
- dropped back ,
- dropped behind ,
- dropping back ,
- drops back ,
- dropt back ,
- dropt behind ,
- hanged off ,
- hanging off ,
- hangs off ,
- hung off ,
- lagged behind ,
- lags behind ,
- shrank back ,
- shrinking back ,
- shrinks back ,
- shrunk back ,
- staid back ,
- stayed back ,
- staying back ,
- stays back .
- de tain ,
- de tains ,
- de-tain ,
- de-tains ,
- inter fere ,
- inter feres ,
- inter-fere ,
- inter-feres ,
- pro rogue ,
- pro rogued ,
- pro rogues ,
- pro roguing ,
- pro-rogue ,
- pro-rogued ,
- pro-rogues ,
- pro-roguing .
- gat no place fast ,
- gets no place fast ,
- getting no place fast ,
- got no place fast ,
- gotten no place fast ,
- passed time ,
- passes time ,
- passing time .
- am dilatory ,
- are dilatory ,
- art dilatory ,
- being dilatory ,
- drag one feet ,
- drag ones feet ,
- dragged feet ,
- dragged one feet ,
- dragged one's feet ,
- dragged ones feet ,
- dragging feet ,
- dragging one feet ,
- dragging one's feet ,
- dragging ones feet ,
- drags feet ,
- drags one feet ,
- drags one's feet ,
- drags ones feet ,
- gave run around ,
- gave the run around ,
- gives run around ,
- gives the run around ,
- giving run around ,
- giving the run around ,
- hanged fire ,
- hung fire ,
- is dilatory ,
- lets slide ,
- letted slide ,
- letting slide ,
- play waiting game ,
- played a waiting game ,
- played waiting game ,
- playing a waiting game ,
- playing waiting game ,
- plays a waiting game ,
- plays waiting game ,
- post pone ,
- post pones ,
- post-pones ,
- pro long ,
- pro longing ,
- pro longs ,
- pro tract ,
- pro tracts ,
- pro-long ,
- pro-longed ,
- pro-longing ,
- pro-longs ,
- pro-tract ,
- pro-tracts ,
- was dilatory ,
- wast dilatory ,
- were dilatory ,
- wert dilatory .
- came a halt ,
- came a stop ,
- came halt ,
- came stop ,
- came to a halt ,
- came to a stop ,
- came to halt ,
- came to stop ,
- come a halt ,
- come a stop ,
- come halt ,
- come stop ,
- come to halt ,
- come to stop ,
- comes a halt ,
- comes a stop ,
- comes halt ,
- comes stop ,
- comes to a halt ,
- comes to a stop ,
- comes to halt ,
- comes to stop ,
- coming a halt ,
- coming a stop ,
- coming halt ,
- coming stop ,
- coming to a halt ,
- coming to a stop ,
- coming to halt ,
- coming to stop ,
- fetched up ,
- fetches up ,
- fetching up ,
- gat there ,
- gets there ,
- getting there ,
- got there ,
- gotten there ,
- hauled up ,
- hauling up ,
- hauls up ,
- reach standstill ,
- reached a standstill ,
- reached standstill ,
- reaches a standstill ,
- reaches standstill ,
- reaching a standstill ,
- reaching standstill .
- am left ,
- are left ,
- art left ,
- being left ,
- held fort ,
- held the fort ,
- hold fort ,
- holding fort ,
- holding the fort ,
- holds fort ,
- holds over ,
- holds the fort ,
- in habit ,
- in habited ,
- in habiting ,
- in habits ,
- in-habit ,
- in-habited ,
- in-habiting ,
- in-habits ,
- is left ,
- keeping on ,
- keeps on ,
- kept on ,
- made camp ,
- makes camp ,
- making camp ,
- out last ,
- out lasted ,
- out lasting ,
- out lasts ,
- out live ,
- out lived ,
- out lives ,
- out living ,
- out-last ,
- out-lasted ,
- out-lasting ,
- out-lasts ,
- out-live ,
- out-lived ,
- out-lives ,
- out-living ,
- pre vail ,
- pre vailed ,
- pre vailing ,
- pre vails ,
- pre-vail ,
- pre-vailed ,
- pre-vails ,
- put hold ,
- puts hold ,
- puts on hold ,
- putting hold ,
- re main ,
- re mained ,
- re maining ,
- re mains ,
- re side ,
- re sided ,
- re sides ,
- re siding ,
- re-main ,
- re-mained ,
- re-maining ,
- re-mains ,
- re-side ,
- re-sided ,
- re-sides ,
- re-siding ,
- remained standing ,
- remaining standing ,
- remains standing ,
- sat through ,
- sate out ,
- sate through ,
- sits out ,
- sits through ,
- sitting out ,
- sitting through ,
- staid behind ,
- staid in ,
- staid over ,
- staid put ,
- stayed behind ,
- stayed in ,
- stayed over ,
- stayed put ,
- staying behind ,
- staying in ,
- stays behind ,
- stays in ,
- stays over ,
- stays put ,
- wast left ,
- were left ,
- wert left .
- becalm ,
- calm ,
- fix ,
- mark time ,
- quiet ,
- settle ,
- settle down ,
- sleep ,
- slumber ,
- stagnate ,
- still ,
- subside ,
- tranquilize ,
- vegetate .
- am located ,
- am situated ,
- am valid ,
- are located ,
- are situated ,
- are valid ,
- art located ,
- art situated ,
- art valid ,
- be longed ,
- be longing ,
- be longs ,
- be-long ,
- be-longed ,
- be-longing ,
- be-longs ,
- being located ,
- being situated ,
- being valid ,
- is valid ,
- was located ,
- was situated ,
- was valid ,
- wast located ,
- wast situated ,
- wast valid ,
- were located ,
- were situated ,
- were valid ,
- wert located ,
- wert situated ,
- wert valid .
- established oneself ,
- establishes oneself ,
- establishing oneself ,
- hanged in ,
- hangs in ,
- hung in ,
- out stay ,
- out stayed ,
- out staying ,
- out stays ,
- out-stay ,
- out-stayed ,
- out-staying ,
- out-stays ,
- puts down roots ,
- putting down roots ,
- re spited ,
- re spiting ,
- re-spited ,
- re-spiting ,
- staid out ,
- stayed out ,
- staying out ,
- stays out ,
- sweated it out ,
- sweated out ,
- sweating it out ,
- sweats it out ,
- sweats out .
- hold .
- goofed around ,
- goofing around ,
- goofs around ,
- held phone ,
- held the phone ,
- hold phone ,
- holding phone ,
- holding the phone ,
- holds phone ,
- holds the phone ,
- loses time ,
- losing time ,
- lost time ,
- stopped over ,
- stops over ,
- stopt over ,
- take one time ,
- take ones time ,
- takes one time ,
- takes one's time ,
- takes ones time ,
- takes time ,
- taking one time ,
- taking ones time ,
- taking time ,
- took one time ,
- took one's time ,
- took ones time ,
- took time ,
- warm chair ,
- warmed a chair ,
- warmed chair ,
- warming a chair ,
- warming chair ,
- warms a chair ,
- warms chair .
- are indecisive ,
- art indecisive ,
- being indecisive ,
- changed mind ,
- changes mind ,
- changing mind ,
- fence straddle ,
- fence straddled ,
- fence straddles ,
- fence straddling ,
- fence-straddled ,
- fence-straddles ,
- fencestraddle ,
- fencestraddled ,
- fencestraddles ,
- fencestraddling ,
- is indecisive ,
- pussyfooted around ,
- pussyfooting around ,
- pussyfoots around ,
- ran hot and cold ,
- ran hot cold ,
- run hot cold ,
- running hot cold ,
- runs hot and cold ,
- runs hot cold ,
- was indecisive ,
- wast indecisive ,
- were indecisive ,
- wert indecisive ,
- yo yo ,
- yo yoed ,
- yo yoing ,
- yo yos ,
- yo-yoed ,
- yo-yoing ,
- yoyoed ,
- yoyoing ,
- yoyos .
- break it up ,
- call time ,
- catch one's breath ,
- deliberate ,
- hold back ,
- reflect ,
- shake ,
- sideline ,
- stop briefly ,
- take a break ,
- take a breather ,
- take five .
- am unable decide ,
- am unable to decide ,
- are unable decide ,
- are unable to decide ,
- art unable decide ,
- art unable to decide ,
- be unable decide ,
- being unable decide ,
- being unable to decide ,
- de liberate ,
- de liberated ,
- de liberates ,
- de liberating ,
- de-liberate ,
- de-liberated ,
- de-liberates ,
- de-liberating ,
- dilly dally ,
- is unable decide ,
- is unable to decide ,
- was unable decide ,
- was unable to decide ,
- wast unable decide ,
- wast unable to decide ,
- were unable decide ,
- were unable to decide ,
- wert unable decide ,
- wert unable to decide .
Other synonyms:
- adjourn ,
- apostrophe ,
- back away ,
- discontinuity ,
- drop ,
- forsake ,
- grace period ,
- indecisiveness ,
- irresoluteness ,
- irresolution ,
- lacuna ,
- lay off ,
- lie over ,
- master switch ,
- mothball ,
- move over ,
- pack in ,
- pack up ,
- response time ,
- sit out ,
- slippage ,
- stopping ,
- tear away ,
- tentativeness ,
- think twice ,
- throw aside ,
- time lag ,
- time-switch ,
- timespan ,
- toggle switch ,
- truce .
- bide ,
- cooling-off period ,
- fast forward ,
- holding pattern ,
- indecision ,
- lull ,
- plateau ,
- pull out ,
- remission ,
- safety catch ,
- safety valve ,
- timidness ,
- to and fro ,
- vacillation .
- catch .
- knob .
- notice .
- panel .
Other relevant words:
- Bitted ,
- Filibustering ,
- Forbore ,
- Forgone ,
- Harnessing ,
- Idled ,
- Intermitted ,
- Intermitting ,
- Interrupting ,
- Limped ,
- Loitered ,
- Repulsing ,
- Respited ,
- Respiting ,
- Sauntered ,
- Shied ,
- Shying ,
- Stickled ,
- Stickling ,
- Whiffle ,
- Whiffled ,
- Whiffling ,
- YOYO ,
- abide ,
- bag it ,
- be defective ,
- be indecisive ,
- be located ,
- be long ,
- be situated ,
- be unable to decide ,
- be valid ,
- blow off ,
- blow the whistle on ,
- blow whistle on ,
- bottlenecked ,
- bottlenecking ,
- break off ,
- bring to an end ,
- bring to end ,
- bring to standstill ,
- call a day ,
- call it a day ,
- call it quits ,
- calls it quits ,
- cease fire ,
- change mind ,
- check ,
- close down ,
- closed down ,
- closing down ,
- come to a halt ,
- come to a stop ,
- come to an end ,
- cool it ,
- desist ,
- discontinue ,
- dithered ,
- dithering ,
- drop anchor ,
- dropping anchor ,
- establish oneself ,
- fence-straddle ,
- fence-straddling ,
- fetch up ,
- filibustered ,
- forbear ,
- get no place fast ,
- get there ,
- give over ,
- give up ,
- giving over ,
- go easy ,
- goof around ,
- hang back ,
- hang in ,
- haul up ,
- have done with ,
- held down ,
- held in ,
- hesitate ,
- hobble ,
- hold at bay ,
- hold down ,
- hold in ,
- hold the phone ,
- hold up ,
- holding in ,
- holds back ,
- idles ,
- inhibits ,
- intermit ,
- interpose ,
- intervenes ,
- is located ,
- is situated ,
- keep back ,
- keep from ,
- keeping back ,
- keeps back ,
- kept back ,
- limp ,
- loiter ,
- lose time ,
- neutralize ,
- not do ,
- outstay ,
- outstayed ,
- outstaying ,
- outstays ,
- pass time ,
- play for time ,
- playing for time ,
- plays for time ,
- procrastinate ,
- pull up ,
- pussyfoot ,
- pussyfoot around ,
- put a cork in ,
- put an end to ,
- put down roots ,
- put end to ,
- reach a standstill ,
- refrain from ,
- rein in ,
- reined in ,
- reins in ,
- remain ,
- remonstrate ,
- run hot and cold ,
- running hot and cold ,
- shies ,
- shillyshally ,
- slacken pace ,
- slow down ,
- slowed down ,
- stammer ,
- stand ,
- stand still ,
- standing still ,
- stay out ,
- stickle ,
- stickles ,
- stop over ,
- stopping over ,
- surcease ,
- sweat it out ,
- sweat out ,
- sweating out ,
- take exception ,
- take one's time ,
- take time ,
- taking exception ,
- taking one's time ,
- tarry ,
- tooled ,
- tooling ,
- vacillate ,
- warm a chair ,
- waver ,
- wiggle-waggle ,
- withhold ,
- withholds ,
- yo-yo ,
- yo-yos .
- drop back ,
- drop behind ,
- dropping behind ,
- drops behind ,
- hang off ,
- lag behind ,
- lagging behind ,
- shrink back ,
- stay back .
- Floundered ,
- Hesitated ,
- be irresolute ,
- be reluctant ,
- be unwilling ,
- hold off ,
- pull back ,
- pulled back ,
- pulling back ,
- pulls back ,
- shy away ,
- sit on fence ,
- stutter ,
- think about ,
- thinking about ,
- thinking twice ,
- thinks about ,
- thought about .
- be dilatory ,
- drag feet ,
- drag one's feet ,
- give run around ,
- give the run around ,
- hang fire ,
- hanging fire ,
- hangs fire ,
- let slide ,
- play a waiting game .
- Bivouacked ,
- Bunked ,
- Bunking ,
- Lasted ,
- Roosted ,
- Roosting ,
- be left ,
- bivouac ,
- bivouacking ,
- bivouacs ,
- hang out ,
- held over ,
- hold over ,
- hold the fort ,
- make camp ,
- nested ,
- nesting ,
- put on hold ,
- putting on hold ,
- remain standing ,
- sat out ,
- sit through ,
- stay behind ,
- stay in ,
- stay over ,
- stay put ,
- staying over ,
- staying put ,
- was left .
- be over ,
- come to a standstill ,
- come to standstill ,
- hang it up ,
- hang up ,
- quit cold ,
- ran its course ,
- run its course ,
- sign off .
- Interregnums ,
- apnea ,
- break ,
- breathing spell ,
- ceasefire ,
- cul de sac ,
- cutoff ,
- day off ,
- de-escalation ,
- dead stop ,
- deescalation ,
- demurral ,
- disbarment ,
- downtime ,
- few z's ,
- forty winks ,
- free time ,
- fumbling ,
- fumblings ,
- furlough ,
- gap ,
- halt ,
- heave-ho ,
- hemming and hawing ,
- holdover ,
- in action ,
- in actions ,
- instant ,
- intermission ,
- interruption ,
- mental health day ,
- microsleep ,
- moratorium ,
- nap ,
- postponement ,
- procrastination ,
- procrastinations ,
- prorogation ,
- recess ,
- screeching halt ,
- spare time ,
- stay ,
- stop ,
- stumbling ,
- stumblings ,
- suspension ,
- take ten ,
- temporary peace ,
- time off ,
- time on one's hands ,
- time to burn ,
- time to kill ,
- time-out ,
- to-and-fro ,
- waverings ,
- wind down ,
- wind-down .
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How to use "Pause" in context?
Pause is an obvious word, but often we take its meaning for granted. Pausing to take a breath, to think before responding, can often make all the difference in a difficult situation. "Pause" can be an effective tool for zoning out and focusing on a task, or for reflecting on past experiences and considering future choices.
In his book "Stop, Breathe, and Think", mindfulness coach Tom Rath provides several steps for taking a mental pause. He advises setting aside specific time each day to reflect on what has happened during the past 24 hours and to plan for the future.
Paraphrases for Pause:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
Pausing.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Adverb
pauses.
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Adverb
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
hinges.
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Noun, singular or mass
adjournment, cessation, discontinuation, interruption, interval, outage, postponement, standstill, stopover, stoppage, suspension, termination, blackout.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Adjective
time-out.
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Noun, singular or mass
discontinuance, disruption, hiatus, let-up, time-out.
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Adjective
Hyponym for Pause:
n.
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act
inactivity.
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time
time interval, interval.
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act
v.
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stative
delay.
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stative
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