Answer: timeout

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TIMEOUT

Respite of a sort.

TIMEOUT

Preschool punishment

TIMEOUT

Football clock-stopper

TIMEOUT
Break in the action
TIMEOUT
Gentle discipline for a misbehaving child
TIMEOUTToddler's banishment to a corner, say
TIMEOUTPlay interrupter
TIMEOUTRegrouping tactic
TIMEOUTInterval in an athletic game
TIMEOUTRecess
TIMEOUTRespite
TIMEOUTGridiron term.
TIMEOUTRespite.
TIMEOUTGridiron pause
TIMEOUTGridiron recess.
TIMEOUTCessation in sports.
TIMEOUTPause on the gridiron.
TIMEOUTShort break
TIMEOUTReferee's call
TIMEOUTGame stopper
TIMEOUTToddler's punishment
TIMEOUTParents' disciplining technique
TIMEOUTUmp's call
TIMEOUTBreak
TIMEOUTInterruption of play