time-out

1. Sports. A brief cessation of play at the request of a sports team or an official for rest, consultation, or making substitutions.
2. A short break from work or play.
3. 1. A corrective measure or punishment for young children in which they are separated from others for a brief period.
   2. The place, especially a chair, used for such a measure or punishment.

noun

A pause or interval, as from work or duty: break, intermission, recess, respite, rest¹. Informal breather. See continue/stop/pause.

A short break from work or play; also, a punishment for misbehavior in young children in which they are briefly separated from the group. For example, People rush around so much these days that I think everyone should take some time out now and then, or We don't throw food, Brian; you need some time out to think about it. This expression comes from a number of sports in which it signifies an interruption in play where the officials stop the clock, for purposes of rest, making a substitution, or consultation. Its figurative use dates from the mid-1900s.