lull

lull
I noun abatement, armistice, break, breather, breathing spell, breathing time, brief silence, calm, calmness, cessation, cessation of activity, cessation of sound, desistance, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt, hush, idleness, inactivity, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, pause, peace, period of rest, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, recess, remission, repose, respite, rest, silence, soundlessness, standstill, stay, stillness, stop, stoppage, subsidence, suspension, temporary quiet, temporary stillness, tranquillity, truce II verb allay, alleviate, assuage, calm, cause to relax, compose, cradle, dulcify, ease, encourage repose, hush, induce forgetfulness, make calm, mitigate, pacify, palliate, placate, put to rest, put to sleep, quell, quiet, quiet down, quieten, relax, remit, remove one's anxieties, remove one's fears, rock, sedare, settle, silence, soothe, still, stupefy, subdue, tranquilize III index allay, alleviate, cessation (interlude), cloture, halt, hiatus, holiday, interruption, interval, lapse (break), mollification, mollify, moratorium, pause, peace, pendency, recess, remission, respite (interval of rest), soothe, subside

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