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parenthesis
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of PARENTHESIS
a break in continuity <regarded her husband's brief fling with a coworker as no more than a parethesis in an otherwise solid marriage>
Synonyms discontinuity, hiatus, hiccup (also hiccough), interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interstice, interval, parenthesis
Related Words caesura, comma, interspace, lag, pause, space, time lag, window; entr'acte; bumper; adjournment, discontinuance, lapse, suspension; lull, recess, respite, rest; subinterval
Antonyms continuation, continuity
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