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In`ter*mis"sion (?), n. [L. intermissio: cf. F. intermission. See Intermit.]
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1. The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance. B. Jonson.
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2. Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes.
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Rest or intermission none I find. Milton.
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3. Specifically: The short period between acts of a play, concert, opera, or other public performance when the audience may leave their seats for refreshment; -- it usually lasts from 10 to 20 minutes.
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4. (Med.) The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever.
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5. Intervention; interposition. [Obs.] Heylin.

Syn. -- Cessation; interruption; interval; pause; stop; rest; suspension. See Cessation.
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