Pause or respite (12)

I believe the answer is:

intermission

I believe this is a double definition.

'pause' is the first definition.
(I know that pause can be written as intermission)

'respite' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)

(Other definitions for intermission that I've seen before include "Theatre's half-time" , "Pause, break" , "Entr'acte" , "Interval" , "Break; respite" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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