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pausenoun a momentary halt in an activitythere was a brief pause for applause in her speech break, breath, breather, interruption, lull, recess time-outinterim, interlude, intermission, interval, respite, restcessation, discontinuance, downtime, ending, expiration, finishing, hitch, lapse, stoppage, stopping, terminationabeyance, moratorium, surcease, suspensiondiscontinuity, gap, hiatus continuation, endurance, persistence, progress, progressionextension, prolongation a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of actionthe question caught the professor off guard, and there was a pause before he responded faltering, fence-sitting, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, indecision, irresolution, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, vacillation, wavering, wobbling(also wabbling) delay, hawing, procrastination, waitingarrière-pensée, misgiving, second thoughtconsideration, debate, deliberation, doubt, incertitude, indecisiveness, indetermination, uncertainness, uncertaintyavoidance, equivocationaversion, disinclination, indisposition, reluctance, unwillingnessfaintheartedness, shyness, timidity, timidness certainty, certitude, confidence, decisiveness, determination, firmness, resoluteness, resolution, surenessalacrity, eagerness, readiness to come to a temporary halt in one's activityhe paused for a moment to regain his composure break hesitatebreak in, interruptcease, discontinue, end, finish, stop, terminateknock off, lay off, quitlapse, let up catch one's breath, hold one's horses continue, persistadvance, progressextend, prolong, stretch in the 15th century |