4
vacation(noun, break, trip, leave, rest)
4
winter
3
unemployment(noun, responsibility, job)
2
breather(noun, stop, calm, break, close)
2
caesura(noun, halt, delay, blow, rest)
2
cessation(noun, stop, break, close, end)
2
conge(end, release, discharge, notice, sack)
2
cutoff(noun, stop, break, close, end)
2
day off
2
deposal(noun, end, release, discharge, notice)
2
discontinuance(noun, stop, break, close, end)
2
dismiss
2
downtime(noun, stop, calm, break, close)
2
economy(noun, saving, frugality)
2
end(noun, stop, break, close, release)
2
expatriation(noun, end, release, discharge, notice)
2
expulsion(noun, end, release, discharge, notice)
2
freeze(noun, stop, break, close, end)
2
hiatus(noun, stop, calm, break, close)
2
interlude(noun, break, leave, halt, delay)
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