respite

English

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "xno" is not valid. See WT:LOL. and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French respit (“rest”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin respectus. Doublet of respect.

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respite (countable and uncountable, plural respites)

A brief interval of rest or relief.
- Denham
  Some pause and respite only I require.
- Shakespeare
  I crave but four day's respite.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 10, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
  It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
- 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, "British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
  Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.
(law) A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death.
(law) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.

brief interval of rest or relief

(law) reprieve, especially from a sentence of death

(law) delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term

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(transitive) To delay or postpone