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breather

/bɹiː.ðə(ɹ)/
noun
  1. Something or someone that breathes.

  2. A short break; a rest or respite.

    "After a short breather she was ready to continue up the hill."

  3. A spatially localized, time-periodic excitation in a one-dimensional lattice.

Synonymshiatus, moratorium, recess

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