respite
A brief interval of rest or reliefA brief interval of rest or relief.
» There was no respite from the cold.
Нельзя было никуда деться от холода. — melsev
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4 senses(countable, uncountable)A brief interval of rest or relief.
Aufschub, Frist, Atempause
переды́шкаperedýška, отсро́чкаotsróčka
перепочинокperepočynok
(countable, uncountable)A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death.
Strafvollstreckungsaufschub, Strafaufschub
отсро́чкаotsróčka
відтермінуванняvidterminuvannja, відстрочкаvidstročka
(countable, uncountable)The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
Aussetzung des Verfahrens, Verhandlungsaufschub
отсро́чкаotsróčka
відтермінуванняvidterminuvannja, відстрочкаvidstročka
(countable, uncountable)A short period of spoken dialogue in an otherwise sung-through musical.
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- a pause for relaxation
- the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
Examples
20 sentencesThere was no respite from the cold.
ruНельзя было никуда деться от холода. — melsev
We got a short but ample respite.
I never give my brain some respite.
I ducked into a local café for some respite.
Although temperatures eased on Monday, the respite is likely to be brief.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
By meaning 3
Origin
From Anglo-Norman and Old French respit (“rest”), from Latin respectus. Doublet of respectFrom Anglo-Norman and Old French respit (“rest”), from Latin respectus. Doublet of respect.
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Forms
plural: respitesSynonyms
33 synonyms- a pause from doing something (as work):recessbreaktime out
- a pause for relaxation:restreliefrest period
- the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment:reprieve
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something:suspensionreprievehiatusabatement
- a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort:reprieve
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.