Interruption /(?)/

In·ter·rup·tion

Interruption

n.
  1. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.
  2. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition.
    Lest the interruption of time cause you to lose the idea of one part.
  3. Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption.
  4. Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.