Noun
The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.
Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes.
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.
Intervention; interposition.
Source: Webster's dictionaryPleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain. John Selden
Make your life a mission - not an intermission. Arnold H. Glasow
At the end of the first act, the audience is invited to join the community through the sharing of wine (or grape juice), mingling with the actors during intermission. Stephen Schwartz
Death is like taking an intermission when you can't come back. I like living and being around. Grace Slick
I just am committed wholeheartedly to theatre with no intermission. Lady Gaga
There's a lot of comedy in Intermission but it's got this depth. It's not comedy for comedy's sake - it's informed by something else. I like stuff like that. Cillian Murphy