Intermission
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( 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.
(2): ( n.) The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.
(3): ( 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.
(4): ( n.) Intervention; interposition.
King James Dictionary [2]
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.
