intermissionn.[L. intermissio: cf. F. intermission. See Intermit.]()1. The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.(B. Jonson.)2. Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes.()Rest or intermission none I find. (Milton.)3. The short period between acts of a play, concert, opera, or other public performance when the audience may leave their seats for refreshment; -- it usually lasts from 10 to 20 minutes.()4. (Med.) 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.()5. Intervention; interposition.(Heylin.)()