The Meaning of intermission

• (n.) The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.
• (n.) Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes.
• (n.) The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever.
• (n.) Intervention; interposition.

Synonyms

pause , break , interruption , suspension

Rhymes

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