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The Meaning of respite
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(n.) A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.
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(n.) Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay.
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(n.) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.
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(n.) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
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(n.) To give or grant a respite to.
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(n.) To delay or postpone; to put off.
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(n.) To keep back from execution; to reprieve.
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(n.) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.
Synonyms
recess
,
abatement
,
rest period
,
suspension
,
time out
,
reprieve
,
relief
,
break
,
hiatus
,
rest
,
prison-breaking
,
deferral
,
recession
,
jailbreak
,
corner
,
interruption
,
rift
,
intermission
,
severance
,
niche
,
falling out
,
prisonbreak
,
breakout
,
faulting
,
break of serve
,
inlet
,
geological fault
,
gap
,
good luck
,
breaking
,
disruption
,
open frame
,
gaolbreak
,
breach
,
happy chance
,
fault
,
pause
,
shift
,
fracture
,
breakage
,
rupture
,
dangling
,
foramen
,
suspension system
,
temporary removal
,
abeyance
,
hanging
,
backup man
,
stand-in
,
eternal sleep
,
repose
,
balance
,
relaxation
,
ease
,
backup
,
rilievo
,
succour
,
assuagement
,
eternal rest
,
residual
,
succor
,
easing
,
alleviation
,
quietus
,
easement
,
reliever
,
fill-in
,
substitute
,
relievo
,
residue
,
embossment
,
residuum
,
sleep
,
remainder
,
ministration
,
sculptural relief
,
moderation
,
postpone
,
prorogue
,
hold over
,
put over
,
table
,
shelve
,
set back
,
defer
,
remit
,
put off
Rhymes
despot