Synonyms and related words :
abeyance, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, blockage, blocking, breach, break, caesura, cease, cease-fire, ceasing, cessation, check, clearance, clogging, closing up, closure, coffee break, cold storage, constriction, cramp, day off, delay, detainment, detention, discontinuity, disruption, distance between, disturbance, doldrums, dormancy, double space, downtime, drop, em space, en space, encroachment, entrance, entrenchment, fissure, fixation, foot-dragging, freeboard, gap, hair space, half space, half time, half-time intermission, hampering, hesitation, hiatus, hindering, hindrance, holdback, holdup, holiday, impediment, impingement, imposition, impropriety, inappropriateness, inauspiciousness, inconvenience, incursion, inexpedience, infelicity, infiltration, influx, infringement, inhibition, injection, inopportuneness, inopportunity, inroad, insinuation, intempestivity, interference, interim, interjection, interloping, interlude, intermediate space, intermezzo, intermission, intermittence, interposition, interposure, interregnum, interspace, interstice, interval, intervention, intrusion, invasion, irrelevance, irruption, jump, lacuna, lapse, latency, lateness, layoff, leap, leeway, let, letup, lull, margin, negativism, nuisance value, obstruction, obstructionism, obtrusion, occlusion, off-time, opposition, pause, plateau, point of repose, prematurity, quiescence, quiescency, quiet spell, recess, relief, remission, rent, repression, resistance, respite, rest, resting point, restraint, restriction, retardation, retardment, rift, room, rupture, setback, single space, space, space between, split, squeeze, stand-down, stay, stop, stopping, stranglehold, stricture, suppression, surcease, suspension, time interval, time off, time out, trespass, trespassing, truce, unfavorableness, unfitness, unfittingness, unfortunateness, unlawful entry, unpropitiousness, unripeness, unseasonableness, unsuitability, untimeliness, vacation, wrongness