the act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.-cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes.-the temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever.-intervention; interposition.