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

Without respite. Baxter.

Time to breathe; respite; pause. Give me some breath, some little pause. Shak.

Hastily; without delay or respite.

To apply with energy. Let him intend his mind, without respite, without rest, in one direction. Emerson.

To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days. He reprieves the sinnner from time to time. Rogers.

Without Sabbath, or intermission of labor; hence, without respite or rest. Bacon.

To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease. To respite, or deceive, or slack thy pain Of this ill mansion. Milton. Air-slacked lime, lime slacked by exposure to the air, in consequence of the absorption of carton dioxide and water, by which it is converted into carbonate of lime and hydrate of lime…