How to sign: the state of inactivity following an interruption
"the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat";
Similiar / Same: halt, arrest, hitch, stay, check, stop
Categories: inaction, inactiveness, inactivity
Within this category: countercheck, logjam