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Definition of respite :
1. A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.
2. Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay.
3. Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.
4. The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
5. To delay or postpone; to put off.
6. To give or grant a respite to.
7. To keep back from execution; to reprieve.
8. To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.
Synonyms:
breaking, rest period, embossment, prisonbreak, foramen, eternal sleep, relievo, eternal rest, acquittal, commutation, interruption, gap, substitute, succor, discharge, suspension, breach, fill-in, pause, breakage, break, breakout, ministration, stay, release, continue, succour, good luck, inlet, repose, delay, backup man, open frame, hanging, geological fault, cessation, recession, fracture, truce, interregnum, time-out, gaolbreak, forgiveness, stand-in, corner, deliverance, adjournment, residual, intermission, quietus, rilievo, ease, residuum, balance, abeyance, rupture, reliever, jailbreak, faulting, fault, grace, abatement, recess, rift, surcease, disruption, severance, falling out, exculpation, happy chance, sculptural relief, remission, relaxation, temporary removal, backup, sleep, moderation, lull, immunity, suspension system, interval, easing, shift, dangling, halt, niche, letup, deferral, rest, reprieve, break of serve, prison-breaking, residue, breather, pardon, postponement, deferment, hiatus, remainder, stop
relief (part of speech: noun)
help, mercy, aid, appeasement, cure, alleviation, easement, consolation, assuagement, relief, comfort, remedy, solace, mildness
Usage examples:
- What can be worse- what need we fear more- than to be left alone forever with a guilty and accusing conscience, and no respite, no solace? - "From Jest to Earnest", E. P. Roe.
- " But Amy is not come home yet, mamma," persisted Dora, seizing eagerly upon any chance of a respite. - "Amy Herbert", Elizabeth Sewell.
- In the general consternation following on the dramatic appearance of this uninvited guest, Desmond had a brief respite in which to think over his position. - "Okewood of the Secret Service", Valentine Williams.