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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" [syn: respite, recess, break, time out]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also time-out(time outs) 1. In basketball, American football, ice hockey, and some other sports, when a team calls a time out, they call a stop to the game for a few minutes in order to rest and discuss how they are going to play. N-VAR 2. If you take time out from a job or activity, you have a break from it and do something different instead. He took time out from campaigning to accompany his mother to dinner. N-UNCOUNT: oft N from n, N to-inf

Moby Thesaurus

break, breath, breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time, check in, check off, check out, cigarette break, clock in, clock out, cocktail hour, coffee break, downtime, enforced respite, half time, half-time intermission, halt, happy hour, holiday, interim, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, intermittence, interregnum, interruption, interval, letup, lull, off-time, pause, plateau, point of repose, punch in, punch out, punch the clock, quiet spell, recess, relief, respite, rest, resting point, ring in, ring out, sign out, spell, stay, surcease, suspension, tea break, time in, time off, vacation