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What is the noun for pausing?

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pause
  1. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
  2. A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
  3. Hesitation; suspense; doubt.
  4. In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.
  5. A break or paragraph in writing.
  6. Alternative spelling of Pause (“a button that pauses or resumes something”)
  7. (as direct object) take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate
  8. Synonyms:
      9. break, respite, interval, suspension, halt, intermission, interlude, interruption, lull, recess, stop, hiatus, rest, breather, stoppage, stay, delay, cessation, downtime, moratorium, gap, letup, adjournment, discontinuation, discontinuance, standstill, abeyance, lapse, wait, check, interregnum, layoff, interim, cutoff, entr'acte, deadlock, lacuna, breath, gridlock, stopover, freeze, caesura, pausation, stand, comma, beat, hitch, hush, stillness, time out … more
  9. Examples:
      10. “The arc lights of the studio illuminate the entire space, lending the impression that this is a pause in proceedings before the actors get back to work.”
      “There was a noticeable pause in his response, his voice almost a whisper.”
pauser
  1. Someone who pauses.
pausing
  1. A pause.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hesitation, delay, pause, stalling, temporising, temporizing, waiting, temporization, havering, cunctation, dawdling, delaying, adjournment, deferment, postponement, procrastination, hanging back, dilly-dallying, delaying tactics, kicking the can down the road, putting off, wavering, vacillation, indecision, faltering, hesitance, dithering, hesitancy, shilly-shallying, humming and hawing, uncertainty, doubt, irresolution, dubiety, equivocation, indecisiveness, irresoluteness, skepticism, tentativeness, unsureness, incertitude, doubtfulness, scepticism, wabbling, wobbling, timidity, diffidence, dubiousness, swithering, nervousness … more
pausings
  1. plural of pausing
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hesitation, delays, pauses, stallings, temporisings, temporizings, waiting, temporization, cunctation, dawdlings, delayings, adjournments, deferments, postponement, procrastination, vacillation, falterings, indecision, shilly-shallyings, ditherings, hesitance, hesitancy, waverings, tentativeness, nervousness, scepticism, unsureness, doubt, irresoluteness, indecisiveness, diffidence, dubiety, irresolution, second thoughts, uncertainty, wabblings, incertitudes, wobblings, doubtfulness, shilly-shallies, skepticism, equivocation, timidity, dubiousness, respite, demurrals, slowness, recess, lingerings, reprieves … more
pausers
  1. plural of pauser
pauses
  1. plural of pause
  2. Synonyms:
      3. breaks, respite, intervals, suspension, halts, intermissions, interludes, interruption, lulls, recess, stops, hiatus, rest, breathers, stoppages, stays, delays, cessation, downtime, moratoriums, gaps, letups, adjournments, discontinuation, discontinuances, standstill, abeyances, lapses, waits, checks, interregnums, layoffs, interims, cutoffs, entr'actes, deadlocks, lacunae, breath, gridlock, stopovers, freezes, caesuras, stands, commas, beats, hitches, hush, stillness, let-ups, hold-ups … more
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