pause

> pause
(verb)
breathe, cease, delay, desist, rest, stay, stop, wait.
delay, forbear, intermit, stay, stop, tarry, wait.
deliberate, demur, hesitate, waver.

> pause
(noun)
break, caesura, cessation, halt, intermission, interruption, interval, remission, rest, stop, stoppage, stopping, suspension.
hesitation, suspense, uncertainty.
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