Synonyms:
intermission
Meaning: the act of suspending activity temporarily
Usage examples
The rain had almost ceased, an intermission which would not be of long duration.
Let not a man force a habit upon himself, with a perpetual continuance, but with some intermission.
So he repelled the Jews in great measure by the Arabian archers, and the Syrian slingers, and by those that threw stones at them, nor was there any intermission of the great number of their offensive engines.