Definition of respite
- n. - A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement
or delay.
- n. - Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or
operation; interval of rest; pause; delay.
- n. - Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital
offender; reprieve.
- n. - The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond
the proper term.
- n. - To give or grant a respite to.
- n. - To delay or postpone; to put off.
- n. - To keep back from execution; to reprieve.
- n. - To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.