abeyance (n.)
- abandonment
- abjuration
- apathy
- break
- caesura
- catalepsy
- catatonia
- cease-fire
- cessation
- deadliness
- discontinuance
- doldrums
- dormancy
- drop
- entropy
- forbearance
- hesitation
- holiday
- indifference
- indolence
- inertia
- inertness
- interim
- interlude
- intermezzo
- intermission
- intermittence
- interruption
- interval
- languor
- lapse
- latency
- layoff
- letup
- lull
- passiveness
- passivity
- pause
- quiescence
- quiescency
- recess
- relinquishment
- remission
- renouncement
- renunciation
- resignation
- respite
- rest
- stagnancy
- stagnation
- stand-down
- stasis
- stay
- suspense
- suspension
- torpor
- truce
- vacation
- vegetation
- waiver
