Pause or respite (12)
I believe the answer is:
intermission
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">pause</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that pause can be written as intermission)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">respite</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for intermission that I've seen before include "Theatre's half-time" , "Pause, break" , "Entr'acte" , "Interval" , "Break; respite" .)