cease fire (?.)
- Pax Dei
- Pax Romana
- Peace of God
- abeyance
- armistice
- break
- breathing spell
- buffer zone
- caesura
- cooling-off period
- day off
- demilitarized zone
- drop
- hesitation
- holiday
- hollow truce
- interim
- interlude
- intermezzo
- intermission
- intermittence
- interruption
- interval
- lapse
- layoff
- letup
- lull
- modus vivendi
- neutral territory
- pacification
- pause
- pax in bello
- peace
- recess
- remission
- respite
- rest
- stand-down
- stay
- suspension
- suspension of hostilities
- temporary arrangement
- treaty of peace
- truce
- vacation