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The Meaning of respite

  • (n.) A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.
  • (n.) Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay.
  • (n.) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.
  • (n.) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
  • (n.) To give or grant a respite to.
  • (n.) To delay or postpone; to put off.
  • (n.) To keep back from execution; to reprieve.
  • (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