1. respite - Noun
2. respite - Verb
A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.
Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay.
Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.
The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
To give or grant a respite to.
To delay or postpone; to put off.
To keep back from execution; to reprieve.
To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI am proud to have been in a business that gives pleasure, creates beauty, and awakens our conscience, arouses compassion, and perhaps most importantly, gives millions a respite from our so violent world. Audrey Hepburn
Not the labors of my hands Can fulfill thy Law's demands: Could my zeal no respite know, Could my tears forever flow, All for Sin could not atone: Thou must save, and Thou alone! Augustus Toplady
Those who sell their liberty for security are understandable, if pitiable, creatures. Those who sell the liberty of others for wealth, power, or even a moments respite deserve only the end of a rope. L. Neil Smith
Without respite he is dragged by the two wild horses, memory and hope; and he is tormented by a secret that he never can tell. Hope Mirrlees
For our penitence deserves a glimpse only; our toil respite only. Virginia Woolf
This does not mean that one should consent to failure, but rather one must consent to struggle against it without respite. Simone de Beauvoir