1. (noun)arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage the state of inactivityfollowing an interruption "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
2. (noun)stop, halt the event of something ending "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"