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HOLIDAY

a day on which work is suspended by law or custom; "no mail is delivered on federal holidays"; "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"
spend or take a vacation

RESPITE

a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"
a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment

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ENTRACTE

The interval between two acts of a play or opera.

FRACTURE

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;
become fractured;
break into pieces;
breaking of hard tissue such as bone;
Broken
interrupt, break, or destroy;
the act of cracking something
violate or abuse;

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ESCAPE

a means or way of escaping; "hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route"
a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
an avoidance of danger or difficulty; "that was a narrow escape"
an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism"
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"
escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"
fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
flee; take to one'

HIATUS

a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
Break, rest, pause

RECESS

a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
a small concavity
a state of abeyance or suspended business
an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
an enclosure that is set back or indented
close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"
make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood"
put into a recess; "recess lights"

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GAP

a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures; "gap between income and outgo"; "the spread between lending and borrowing costs"
a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack"
a pass between mountain peaks
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"
an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"
make an opening or gap in

NAP

a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes
a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"
a soft or fuzzy surface texture
sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
take a siesta; "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour"
the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave; "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction"

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LULL

a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise"
a period of calm weather;
become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment"
calm by deception; "Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security"
make calm or still;

REST

a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"
a state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon"
a support on which things can be put; "the gun was steadied on a special rest"
be at rest
be inactive, refrain from acting; "The committee is resting over the summer"
be inherent or innate in;
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"
freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"
give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment"
have a place in relation to something else;
not move; be in a resting position
put something in a resting position,

RIFT

a gap between cloud masses; "the sun shone through a rift in the clouds"
a narrow fissure in rock
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
split

STOP

(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes;
a brief stay in the course of a journey;
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it;
a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens;
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations;
a restraint that checks the motion of something;
a spot where something halts or pauses;
an obstruction in a pipe or tube;
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments;
the act of stopping something;
the event of something ending;
the state of inactivity following an interruption;

TAME

adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
correct by punishment or discipline
easily controlled
flat and uninspiring
make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes
very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed"

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SMASH

a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"
a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"
break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate"
break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The window smashed"
collide or strike violently and suddenly; "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail"
damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"
hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"
hit violently; "She smashed her car against the guard rail"
humiliate or depress completely; "She was crus

SPLIT

(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain; "we bought split logs for the fireplace"
(tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl; "he was winning until he got a split in the tenth frame"
a bottle containing half the usual amount
a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"
a promised or claimed share of loot or money; "he demanded his split before they disbanded"
an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity; "they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock"
an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
come open suddenly and violently, as if from inte

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