respite

Speech parts

1. respite - Noun

2. respite - Verb

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

hiatus recess reprieve rest stop break stay relief delay interval suspension pause cessation postponement abatement
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Antonyms

work service labour occupation convocation handicraft
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Hypernyms

table break relief ease suspension mercy

Hyponyms

spring break breath remission breather subsidence remittal

Phrases with the word

without respite short respite

Derivatives

respited respiting

Anagrams

Pieters speerit spreite

Examples

I 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

Close letter words and terms

respirophasic respirovirus respit respite care respiteless resplend