interim (n.)
- abeyance
- acting
- afterthought
- bind
- block
- blockage
- breach
- break
- caesura
- cease-fire
- cessation
- clearance
- delay
- detention
- discontinuity
- drop
- fissure
- gap
- halt
- hang-up
- hesitation
- hiatus
- hindrance
- holdup
- holiday
- interlude
- intermezzo
- intermission
- intermittence
- interruption
- interstice
- interval
- jam
- jump
- lacuna
- lag
- lagging
- lapse
- layoff
- leap
- leeway
- letup
- logjam
- lull
- margin
- moratorium
- obstruction
- pause
- pro
- recess
- remission
- reprieve
- respite
- rest
- retardation
- room
- slowdown
- slowness
- space
- stand-down
- stay
- stop
- stoppage
- supply
- suspension
- temporary
- tie-up
- truce
- vacation
- wait
interim (adv.)
interim (adj.)
Between the acting of a dreadful thing
And the first motion, all the interim is
Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream:
The Genius and the mortal instruments
Are then in council; and the state of man,
Like to a little kingdom, suffers then
The nature of an insurrection.
