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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTERMIS'SION, n. [L. intermissio. See Intermit.]
1. Cessation for a time; pause; intermediate stop; as, to labor without intermission; service or business will begin after an intermission of one hour.
2. Intervenient time.
3. 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.
4. The state of being neglected; disuse; as of words. [Little used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of suspending activity temporarily
2: a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something [syn: pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English intermyssyown, from Latin intermission-, intermissio, from intermittere Date: 15th century 1. the act of intermitting ; the state of being intermitted 2. an interval between the parts of an entertainment (as the acts of a play) • intermissionless adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a pause or cessation. 2 an interval between parts of a play, film, concert, etc. 3 a period of inactivity. Etymology: F intermission or L intermissio (as INTERMIT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Intermission In`ter*mis"sion, n. [L. intermissio: cf. F. intermission. See Intermit.] 1. The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance. --B. Jonson. 2. Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes. Rest or intermission none I find. --Milton. 3. (Med.) 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. 4. Intervention; interposition. [Obs.] --Heylin. Syn: Cessation; interruption; interval; pause; stop; rest; suspension. See Cessation.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(intermissions) An intermission is a short break between two parts of a film, concert, or show. ...during the intermission of the musical 'Steppin' Out'. = interval, interlude N-COUNT • In American English, you can also use intermission to refer to a short break between two parts of a game, or say that something happens at, after, or during intermission. Fraser did not perform until after intermission. N-COUNT: also prep N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Remission, suspension, suspense, stoppage, stop, interruption, pause, rest, respite.

Moby Thesaurus

abeyance, act, afterpiece, bit, breach, break, breath, breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time, caesura, catharsis, cease-fire, cessation, chaser, cigarette break, cleansing, cocktail hour, coffee break, cold storage, curtain, curtain call, curtain raiser, day off, deliverance, discharge, divertimento, divertissement, doldrums, dormancy, downtime, drop, emotional release, enforced respite, epilogue, exode, exodus, expository scene, finale, fissure, freeing, gap, half time, half-time intermission, halt, happy hour, hesitation, hiatus, hoke act, holiday, interim, interlude, intermezzo, intermittence, interregnum, interruption, interval, introduction, lacuna, lapse, latency, layoff, letup, lull, number, off-time, parenthesis, pause, plateau, point of repose, prologue, purgation, purge, purging, quiescence, quiescency, quiet spell, recess, release, relief, remission, removal, reprieve, respite, rest, resting point, routine, scene, shtick, sketch, skit, song and dance, spell, stand-down, stand-up comedy act, stay, striptease, surcease, suspension, tea break, time off, time out, truce, turn, vacation