RESPITE

n. v.

8 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay. I crave but four day's respite. Shak.

2.
n.

Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay. "Without more respite." Chaucer. Some pause and respite only I require. Denham.

3.
n.

Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.

4.
n.

The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.

5.
v.

To give or grant a respite to. Specifically:

6.
v.

To delay or postpone; to put off.

7.
v.

To keep back from execution; to reprieve. Forty days longer we do respite you. Shak.

8.
v.

To relieve by a pause or interval of rest. "To respite his day labor with repast." Milton.

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