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.