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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: intermission n 1: the act of suspending activity temporarily 2: a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something [syn: {pause}, {break}, {interruption}, {suspension}]
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