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| demur(verb, object, doubt, protest) | |
| shilly-shally(verb, act, cool, delay) | |
| arrest(verb, stop, hold, break) | |
| balance(hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) | |
| caesura(break, cut, delay, blow) | |
| ceasing(stop, break, close, end) | |
| cutoff(stop, calm, break, close) | |
| freeze(verb, stop, break, close) | |
| hesitancy(act, delay, weakness, doubt) | |
| hold-up | |
| lag(verb, stop, settle, delay) | |
| spell(break, time, halt, rest) | |
| time off(expression, stop, calm, break) | |
| truce(break, halt, relief, solution) | |
| time out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, break) | |
| breach(break, halt, rest, opening) | |
| breath(break, relief, interval, respite) | |
| desistance(stop, break, close, end) | |
| downtime(stop, calm, break, close) | |
| faltering(delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty) |
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