noun (n)

• the act of suspending activity temporarily(noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something(noun.time)

  Synonym:
  break, interruption, pause, suspension
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.(noun)

  source: webster1913