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The term timeout is actually an abbreviation for timeout from positive reinforcement.

TIMEOUT definition: a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break. See examples of timeout used in a sentence.

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The meaning of TIME-OUT is a brief suspension of activity : break; especially : a suspension of play in an athletic game. How to use time-out in a sentence.

a brief stopping of activity:[countable] a time-out to relax. Sport an interruption in a sports contest: [countable] A two-minute time-out was called. [uncountable] Time-out was called.

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Time-out (sport), in various sports, a break in play, called by a team Television timeout, a break in sporting action so that a commercial break may be taken Timeout (computing), an engineering …

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