pause

[1]	hesitate , interrupt , delay , hold up , discontinue , break , wait , mark time , suspend , intermit , falter , rest
[2]	hesitate
[3]	intermit , break

[1]	intermission , break , interruption , suspension
[2]	hesitation , interruption , delay , lull , lapse , moratorium , hold-up , wait , break , breather , breathing-space , discontinuity , lacuna , hiatus , abeyance , discontinuation , discontinuance , Prosody caesura , Music fermata , (Colloq) let-up