| caesura(noun, break, cut, delay, blow) |
| ceasing(noun, stop, break, close, end) |
| cutoff(noun, stop, calm, break, close) |
| freeze(noun, verb, stop, break, close) |
| hesitancy(noun, act, delay, weakness, doubt) |
| hold-up(noun, delay) |
| lag(noun, verb, stop, settle, delay) |
| procrastinate(verb, stop, settle, delay, continue) |
| pull up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold) |
| remain(verb, stop, settle, restrain, delay) |
| spell(noun, break, time, halt, rest) |
| terminate(verb, stop, hold, break, drop) |
| time off(noun, expression, stop, calm, break) |
| truce(noun, break, halt, relief, solution) |
| time out(noun, verb, expression, phrasal verb, break) |
| breach(noun, break, halt, rest, opening) |
| breath(noun, break, relief, interval, respite) |
| desistance(noun, stop, break, close, end) |
| downtime(noun, stop, calm, break, close) |
| faltering(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty) |