Antonyms for interregnum
| Grammar : Adv, noun |
| Spell : in-ter-reg-nuh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn tərˈrɛg nəm |
Definition of interregnum
Origin :- 1570s, from Latin interregnum, literally "between-reign," from inter- (see inter-) + regnum (see reign). In the republic, a vacancy in the consulate.
- As in meantime : adv in the intervening time
- As in interim : noun interval
- As in interlude : noun pause, break
- As in intermission : noun break, recess
- As in interval : noun break, pause
- As in pause : noun wait, delay
- As in recess : noun break, interval in action
- As in respite : noun pause, suspension in activity
- As in coalition government : noun government by multiple parties
- I hover over my racked body like a ghost, and exist in an interregnum.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- At length the matter was adjusted, after an interregnum of three weeks.
- Extract from : « A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year » by Edwin Emerson
- After an interregnum, Rudolf of Hapsburg had been chosen emperor in 1273.
- Extract from : « An Introduction to the History of Western Europe » by James Harvey Robinson
- We can account, to some extent, for this interregnum or spiritual life, but only to some extent.
- Extract from : « Introduction to Robert Browning » by Hiram Corson
- The interregnum has been long, both as to time and distance.
- Extract from : « The Innocents Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- It's in English—a language that became obsolete during the Interregnum.
- Extract from : « The Lani People » by J. F. Bone
- Morally we have come a long way from the brutality of the Interregnum.
- Extract from : « The Lani People » by J. F. Bone
- During this interregnum, very little has been done in Parliament.
- Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 » by Various
- The emperor Tacitus elected, after an interregnum of eight months.
- Extract from : « The Every Day Book of History and Chronology » by Joel Munsell
- It was at the beginning of this "interregnum" that I arrived.
- Extract from : « In the Track of the Trades » by Lewis R. Freeman
Synonyms for interregnum
- abeyance
- abeyancy
- acquittal
- adjournment
- at the same time
- breach
- break
- break-off
- breath
- breather
- breathing space
- breathing spell
- caesura
- caretaker government
- cessation
- closure
- coffee break
- comma
- concurrently
- cutoff
- deadlock
- deferment
- delay
- deliverance
- discharge
- discontinuance
- distance
- doldrums
- dormancy
- downtime
- ease
- episode
- exculpation
- five
- for now
- for the duration
- for the moment
- for then
- forgiveness
- freeze
- gap
- gridlock
- halt
- happy hour
- hesitancy
- hesitation
- hiatus
- hitch
- holiday
- hush
- idyll
- immunity
- in the interim
- in the interval
- in the meanwhile
- interim
- interlude
- intermission
- interregnum
- interruption
- interval
- lacuna
- lapse
- latency
- layoff
- leisure
- let-up
- letup
- lull
- meantime
- meanwhile
- moratorium
- opening
- pardon
- parenthesis
- pausation
- pause
- period
- playtime
- postponement
- protraction
- provisional government
- quiescence
- quiescency
- recess
- relaxation
- release
- relief
- reprieve
- respite
- rest
- rest period
- season
- simultaneously
- space
- spell
- stand
- standstill
- stay
- stillness
- stop
- stopover
- stoppage
- suspense
- suspension
- take ten
- ten
- term
- time
- time out
- time-out
- truce
- vacation
- wait
- while
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