pause
/pôz/
verb
interrupt action or speech briefly.
"she paused, at a loss for words"
synonyms: stop, cease, halt, discontinue, break off, take a break, take a breath, adjourn, desist, rest, hold back, wait, delay, hesitate, hang back, pull up, mark time, falter, waver, let up, take a breather
noun
a temporary stop in action or speech.
"she dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain"
synonyms: stop, cessation, break, halt, stoppage, standstill, interruption, check, lull, respite, stay, breathing space, discontinuation, discontinuance, hiatus, gap, lapse (of time), interlude, intermission, interval, entr'acte, adjournment, suspension, moratorium, interregnum, rest, time out, stopover, delay, holdup, wait, hesitation, beat, caesura, letup, breather
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