Noun

• S: (n) interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation (the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) break, interruption, disruption, gap (an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity) "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"
• S: (n) delay, holdup (the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time)
• S: (n) inactivity (being inactive; being less active)
• S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) interposition, intervention (the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others)