noun
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a ceasing or stopping, either forever or for some time; a coming to an end; stoppage; cessation.
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a period of time during which the continuity of a work being carried on is stopped for taking rest.
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(pros.) a place where the reading or reciting of a poem is stopped for a brief time without breaking the continuity of the sense.
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(pros.) a prosodic verse having four lines, each having two groups of three syllables each followed by a long syllable (-uu, -u-, -).
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(mus.) the point where a song is stopped for a brief time, for taking breath or for making the sense more clear, without affecting the rhythm.