1. a method, stemming from within behavior therapy, wherein unfavorable actions are weakened and their occurrences lessened, commonly by moving the person away from the region which is supporting said actions. 2. with regard to operant conditioning, a time period wherein an action does not take place.
TIME OUT (TO) 1: “Time out procedures might be utilized to get rid of stimulant impacts of formative actions or as a marker in a string of occurrences.”