A Pause

1. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

A short time for relaxing and doing something else.

Hesitation; suspense; doubt. quotations ▼

In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.

Teach the pupil to mind the pauses.

A break or paragraph in writing. quotations ▼

(music) A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest.

Alternative spelling of Pause (“a button that pauses or resumes something”)

(as direct object) take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate

(temporary stop or rest): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause

(short time for relaxing): break, holiday, recess; see also Thesaurus:vacation

(hesitation): vacillation, wavering