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  • 1 intercapēdō

        intercapēdō īnis, f    [intercapio], an interruption, interval, respite: scribendi.
    * * *
    intermission; interruption, continuity break; interval/pause/delay/respite; gap

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  • 2 laxāmentum

        laxāmentum ī, n    [laxo], a relaxation, mitigation, alleviation, respite: si quid laxamenti a bello Samnitium esset, L.: dare laxamentum legi, indulgence: leges nihil laxamenti habere, L.
    * * *
    respite, relaxation, mitigation, alleviation; opportunity; free space/time

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  • 3 requies

    I
    rest (from labor), respite; intermission, pause, break; amusement, hobby
    II
    rest (from labor), respite; intermission, pause, break; amusement, hobby

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  • 4 missio

    missĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].
    I.
    In gen., a letting go, sending away, a sending, despatching; a throwing, hurling (class.):

    litterarum,

    Cic. Att. 1, 5, 3:

    legatorum,

    id. Phil. 7, 1, 1:

    extra telorum missionem,

    beyond the range of missiles, Vitr. 2, 9, 16; 1, 5, 4:

    missio sanguinis,

    blood-letting, Cels. 2, 10 fin.; Suet. Calig. 29.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    A release from captivity, setting at liberty, liberation:

    munus pro missione dare,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 114:

    si filius familias post missionem faciat testimentum,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 106.—
    B.
    A discharge from service (of soldiers, office-holders, gladiators, etc.), a dismission (syn. exauctoratio):

    praemium missionis ferre,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 86: quibus (militibus) senatus missionem reditumque in patriam negāsset ante belli finem. Liv. 26, 1:

    exercitum purgare missionibus turbulentorum hominum,

    id. 7, 39; cf.: missionum generales causae sunt tres: honesta, causaria, ignominiosa. Honesta est, quae tempore militiae impleto datur: causaria cum quis vitio animi vel corporis minus idoneus militiae renunciatur;

    ignominiosa causa est, cum quis propter delictum sacramento solvitur,

    Dig. 49, 16, 13:

    gratiosa ante emerita stipendia,

    a discharge obtained by favor, Liv. 43, 14, 9:

    nondum justa,

    id. 43, 14, 15.—Of a quaestor, Suet. Caes. 7.—
    C.
    Esp., of gladiators, release, respite, quarter: cum Myrino peteretur missio laeso, Mart. 12, 29, 7:

    non enim servavit is, qui non interfecit, nec beneficium dedit, sed missionem,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 20, 3.—Hence, sine missione, without favor, without quarter, to the death, Liv. 41, 20, 12.— Trop.:

    quid prodest, paucos dies aut annos lucrificare? sine missione nascimur,

    without respite in the service of wisdom, Sen. Ep. 37, 2:

    sine missione pugnatum est,

    for life or death, Flor. 3, 20, 4.—
    D.
    A cessation, termination, end:

    ante ludorum missionem,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 8.—
    E.
    Remission from punishment: missionem puero dedit, qs. let him go, Petr. 52.—
    F.
    In jurid. lang., a delivering up, giving possession:

    missio in aedes,

    Dig. 39, 2, 15, § 12.

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  • 5 ad-dō

        ad-dō didī, ditus, ere    [do], to put to, place upon, lay on, join, attach: album in vestimentum, i. e. appear as a candidate, L.: turrim moenibus, O.: me adde fraternis sepulcris, lay me too in my brother's tomb, O.: nomina (alcui), confer, O.: frumentis labor additus, i. e. a blight falls, V.— Hence, fig., to bring to, add to: fletum ingenio muliebri: addere animum (animos), to give courage, embolden: mihi quidem addit animum, T.: animos cum clamore, O.: verba virtutem non addere, impart, bestow, S.: iram, O.: viresque et cornua pauperi, H.: ductoribus honores, V.: spumantia addit Frena feris, puts on, V.: vatibus addere calcar, apply the spur, H.—Esp., to add by way of increase, join, annex: tibi dieculam addo? give a further respite, T.: verbum si addideris, if you say another word, T.: adimunt diviti, addunt pauperi, increase the poor man's little, T.: addam Labienum, will name Lu. too: addita alia insuper ignominia, L.: contumeliam iniuriae, Ph.—Poet.: noctem addens operi, giving also the night to the work, V.: numerum divorum altaribus addit, i. e. adds one to their number, V.: incesto addidit integrum, confounds with, H.: periturae addere Troiae Te, involve you also in, V.: addit opus pigro, gives more work, H.: nugis addere pondus, make much of, H.: laborem ad cottidiana opera, Cs.: ad ter quinos annos unum addiderat, was sixteen years old, O.: multas res novas in edictum, make essential additions to, N.: addunt in spatia, i. e. add course to course, outdo themselves, V.: gradum, L.: addidit, ut, etc. (of an addition to a picture), O.— Introducing a supplementary thought, add to this, consider also, remember too, moreover...: adde istuc sermones hominum: adde hos praeterea casūs, etc., H.: adde huc quod mercem sine fucis gestat, H. — Poet.: Imperiumque peti totius Achaïdos addit, O.: Addit etiam illud, equites non optimos fuisse: satis naturae (vixi), addo, si placet, gloriae.

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  • 6 cessātiō

        cessātiō ōnis, f    [cesso], inactivity, idleness, absence of occupation: otiosa.
    * * *
    relaxation/rest/respite; period of disuse, inactivity; idleness, neglect; delay

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  • 7 diēcula

        diēcula ae, f dim.    [dies], a little while, respite, T., C.
    * * *
    little day, short time

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  • 8 inter-vāllum

        inter-vāllum ī, n    —Prop., the space between palisades, an intermediate space, interval, distance: pari intervallo, at an equal distance, Cs.: quo consuerat intervallo, at the usual distance, Cs.: videt magnis intervallis sequentes, L.: unius signi: ex intervallo, from a distance, L.: longo proximus intervallo, V.: ab Capsā duūm milium intervallo, S.—In time, an interval, intermission, respite: annuum regni, interregnum, L.: sine intervallo loquacitas, incessant: dolor dat intervalla, relaxes sometimes: ex tanto intervallo, L.—A pause: trochaeus temporibus et intervallis est par iambo: intervallo dicere, after a pause: in cantibus intervalla, musical pauses.—Fig., difference, dissimilitude: quantum sit interiectum inter, etc.

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  • 9 re-laxō

        re-laxō āvī, ātus, āre,    to stretch out, widen again, make wider: fontibus ora, open, O.: vias et caeca Spiramenta, relax the ducts, V.—To unloose, loosen, open: alvus relaxatur: se intestinis relaxantibus: densa, rarefy, V.: tunicarum vincula, O.—Fig., to abate, remit, give respite: remittit aliquantum et relaxat.—To ease, relieve, cheer, relax, lighten: animos doctrinā: animus somno relaxatus: ut ex pristino sermone relaxarentur animi omnium: homines interdum animis relaxantur.—To make loose, relax, loosen: constructio verborum dissolutionibus relaxetur: pater indulgens, quicquid ego astrinxi, relaxat.—To alleviate, mitigate, assuage: tristitiam ac severitatem: quiete laborem, Cu.—To relieve, release, free, abate: (animi) cum se corporis vinculis relaxaverint: insani cum relaxentur, i. e. become lucid.

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  • 10 re-quiēs

        re-quiēs ētis, no     dat; acc. requiētem or requiem; abl. requiēte or requiē.—Only sing, rest after toil, rest, repose, relaxation, respite, intermission, recreation: animi et corporis: Nec mora, nec requies, V.: pedum, H.: curae, O.: intervalla requietis: meae senectutis: mortem aerumnarum requiem esse, S.: praedā magis quam requie gaudentes, L.: requie sine ullā Corpora vertuntur, restlessly, O.: certa laborum, V.

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  • 11 conquiesco

    conquiescere, conquievi, conquietus V INTRANS
    rest, take repose/be quiet, nap/go to sleep; have respite/pause from (w/ab/ex); be inactive; pause (speaking); relax; settle/quiet down; come to an end/cease

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  • 12 indotia

    truce (pl.), armistice, cessation of hostilities; respite, period of grace

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  • 13 induoia

    truce (pl.), armistice, cessation of hostilities; respite, period of grace

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  • 14 indutia

    truce (pl.), armistice, cessation of hostilities; respite, period of grace

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  • 15 interstitio

    pause, respite; distinction, difference

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  • 16 intervallum

    interval, space, distance; respite

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  • 17 respiro

    respirare, respiravi, respiratus V
    breathe out; take breath; enjoy a respite

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  • 18 laxamentum

    a widening, expansion / rest, respite

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  • 19 advoco

    ad-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to call or summon one to a place, esp. for counsel, aid, etc.; constr. absol., with ad, in, or dat.
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit.:

    ego Tiresiam advocabo et consulam quid faciendum censeat,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 76:

    contionem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 80:

    aliquem ad obsignandum,

    id. Att. 12, 18; so Liv. 1, 39:

    viros primarios in consilium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 7, § 18; so Liv. 42, 33:

    ego vos, quo pauca monerem, advocavi,

    Sall. C. 60:

    eo (i. e. in aedem Concordiae) senatum advocat,

    id. ib. 47:

    (Deus) advocabit caelum desursum,

    Vulg. Psa. 49, 4:

    advocari gaudiis,

    to be invited, Hor. C. 4, 11, 13:

    aegro,

    Ov. R. Am. 110:

    causis,

    Quint. 11, 1, 38.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    animum ad se ipsum advocamus,

    we turn the mind upon itself, call the thoughts home, Cic. Tusc. 1, 31:

    non desiderat fortitudo advocatam iracundiam,

    id. ib. 4, 23; so id. Ac. 2, 27; id. Tusc. 5, 38. —
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    In judicial lang., t. t., to avail one's self of some one in a cause, as aid, assistant, witness, counsellor, etc., to call in:

    aliquem alicui,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 6; so id. Bacch. 2, 3, 28; id. Ps. 4, 7, 59:

    aliquot mihi Amicos advocabo,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 83:

    viros bonos complures advocat,

    Cic. Quint. 21:

    in his, quos tibi advocasti,

    id. ib. 2 al.—Also used of the friend of the plaintiff or defendant, who calls in his friends to aid in the suit:

    Oppianicus in judicio Scamandri aderat, frequens advocabat,

    Cic. Clu. 19.—Hence, transf. to other things, to call to one's aid, to call to for help, to summon:

    desuper Alcides telis premit omniaque arma Advocat,

    Verg. A. 8, 249:

    secretas artes,

    Ov. M. 7, 138:

    ad conamina noctem,

    Sil. 9, 82; Sen. Troad. 613:

    aliquid in tutelam securitatis suae,

    Vell. 2, 108:

    vires suas,

    Sen. Ben. 6, 2.—
    B.
    To get a respite, to delay, Plin. Ep. 5, 8; v. advocatio, II. C. —
    C.
    To give consolation, to console (in imitation of the Gr. parakalein), Tert. adv. Marc. 14.
    ► In the phrase ADVOCAPIT CONCTOS, in the song of the Fratres Arvales, Grotef.
    (Gr. II. 290) explains advocapit as an old imperat., instead of advocabite.Hence, advŏcātus, i, m.
    A.
    In the class. per., in judicial lang., one who is called by one of the parties in a suit to aid as a witness or counsel, a legal assistant, counsellor (diff. from patronus or orator, who spoke for a client engaged in a suit; from cognitor, who appeared in the name of such parties as had themselves been at first in court;

    and from procurator, who appeared for such as were absent,

    Ascon. ad Cic. Div. in Caecil. 4; Ruhnk. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 48; Heind. ad Hor. S. 2, 5, 38;

    v. Smith's Dict. Antiq.): quaeso, ut advocatus mihi adsis neve abeas,

    Plaut. Am. 4, 3, 3; so id. Men. 5, 2, 47; id. Mil. 5, 26; id. Poen. 3, 1, 23; 6, 11; id. Trin. 5, 2, 37 al.:

    adversusne illum causam dicerem, cui veneram advocatus?

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 43; so id. Eun. 2, 3, 49; 4, 6, 26; id. Ad. 4, 5, 11:

    quis eum umquam non modo in patroni, sed in laudatoris aut advocati loco viderat,

    Cic. Clu. 40; id. Phil. 1, 7:

    venire advocatum alicui in rem praesentem,

    id. Off. 1, 10, etc.; Liv. 42, 33, 1.—
    B.
    In the post-Aug. per., for patronus, orator, etc., who conducted a process for any one, an advocate, attorney, etc., Quint. 12, 1, 13; cf. id. 12, 1, 25; 5, 6 fin.; 9, 3, 22; Plin. Ep. 7, 22; Tac. A. 11, 5, 6; Suet. Claud. 15 and 33.—
    C.
    Esp., in eccl. Lat., of Christ as our intercessor, advocate:

    advocatum habemus apud Patrem, Jesum Christum,

    Vulg. 1 Joan. 2, 1.—
    D.
    Transf., in gen., an assistant, helper, friend:

    se in fugam conferunt unā amici advocatique ejus,

    Cic. Caecin. 8, 22.

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  • 20 aufero

    aufĕro, abstŭli, ablātum, auferre, v. a. [ab-fero; cf. ab init. ], to take or bear off or away, to carry off, withdraw, remove (very freq. in prose and poetry; syn.: tollo, fero, rapio, eripio, diripio, adimo, averto).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    1.. Lit.:

    ab januā stercus,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 18:

    dona,

    id. Am. prol. 139:

    aurum atque ornamenta abs te,

    id. Mil. 4, 1, 36:

    abstulit eos a conspectu,

    Vulg. 4 Reg. 17, 18:

    auferas me de terrā hac,

    ib. Gen. 47, 30:

    vos istaec intro auferte,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 1:

    Auferte ista hinc,

    Vulg. Joan. 2, 16:

    aether multos secum levis abstulit ignīs,

    Lucr. 5, 459; 3, 230; 3, 439; 3, 717; 5, 205; 5, 725; 6, 622; Turp. ap. Non. p. 422, 21:

    multa domum suam auferebat,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 8 fin.:

    liberi per delectus alibi servituri auferuntur (a Romanis),

    are carried away, Tac. Agr. 31:

    quem vi abstulerant servi,

    Vulg. Gen. 21, 25.—So of sick persons, or those unable to walk:

    auferere, non abibis, si ego fustem sumpsero,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 202 (cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 298:

    lumbifragium hinc auferes): asoti, qui in mensam vomant et qui de conviviis auferantur,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23. —Auferre se, in colloquial lang., to remove one ' s self, to withdraw, retire, go away:

    Te, obsecro hercle, aufer modo,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 93:

    aufer te domum,

    id. As. 2, 4, 63.—
    2.
    Of bodies that are borne away by wings, by the winds, waves, or any other quick motion, to bear or carry away, sweep away, etc. (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

    aliquem ad scopulum e tranquillo auferre,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 8:

    unda rates,

    Prop. 1, 8, 14:

    auferor in scopulos,

    Ov. M. 9, 593:

    auferet,

    id. ib. 15, 292 al.:

    in silvam pennis ablata refugit,

    Verg. A. 3, 258; 11, 867:

    ne te citus auferat axis,

    Ov. M. 2, 75:

    vento secundo vehementi satis profecti celeriter e conspectu terrae ablati sunt,

    Liv. 29, 27:

    (Bubo) volat numquam quo libuit, sed transversus aufertur,

    Plin. 10, 12, 16, § 35:

    (milites) pavore fugientium auferebantur,

    Tac. A. 4, 73.—
    B.
    Trop., to carry away, mislead:

    te hortor, ut omnia gubernes prudentiā tuā, ne te auferant aliorum consilia,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 7:

    abstulerunt me velut de spatio Graecae res immixtae Romanis,

    i. e. have diverted, withdrawn me, from the subject, Liv. 35, 40:

    quae contemplatio aufert nos ad ipsorum animalium naturas,

    Plin. 27, 13, 120, § 145:

    auferre aliquem traversum,

    id. 28, 1, 1, § 1 Jan:

    ab intentione auferendus auditor,

    Quint. 4, 5, 6:

    somnus aufert,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 83:

    auferimur cultu, i. e. decipimur,

    are deceived, duped, Ov. R. Am. 343.—
    II.
    Esp.,
    A.
    1.. To take or snatch away; in a good, but more frequently in a bad sense, to take by force, to remove, withdraw, take away violently, rob, steal, etc.:

    aliquid eris,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 8:

    quod auri, quod argenti, quod ornamentorum in meis urbibus fuit, id mihi tu, C. Verres, eripuisti atque abstulisti,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 19:

    ab hoc abaci vasa omnia abstuiit,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 16; so,

    pecuniam de aerario,

    id. Att. 7, 21:

    pecuniam in ventre,

    to eat up, to squander, id. de Or. 2, 66, 265:

    auriculam mordicus,

    to bite off, id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 4:

    vestimentum,

    Vulg. Luc. 6, 29:

    hi ludi dies quindecim auferent,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 31:

    imperium indignis,

    Liv. 3, 67:

    legionem,

    Tac. H. 4, 48:

    consulatum, censuram,

    id. ib. 1, 52:

    auferat omnia irrita oblivio si potest,

    Liv. 28, 29:

    spem, voluntatem defensionis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7:

    fervorem et audaciam,

    Liv. 3, 12:

    obsequia,

    Tac. H. 1, 80:

    misericordiam,

    id. ib. 3, 84:

    spem veniae,

    id. A. 14, 23:

    studium,

    Cat. 68, 19 sq.; and so Hor. C. 3, 12, 5:

    metus,

    to banish, Verg. A. 12, 316:

    curas,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 26:

    somnos,

    id. C. 2, 16, 16; id. Epod. 5, 96:

    pudorem,

    Ov. M. 6, 617:

    fugam,

    to hinder, prevent, Flor. 3, 10, 3 al. —
    2.
    To take off or away, to destroy, consume, kill, slay, etc. (mostly poet. or in the Aug. histt.):

    Tam bellum mihi passerem abstulistis,

    Cat. 3, 15:

    abstulit clarum cita mors Achillem,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 29; so id. Epod. 5, 66; id. S. 1, 9, 31:

    Auferat hora duos eadem,

    Ov. M. 8, 709; 15, 157:

    Labienum Varumque acies abstulit,

    Vell. 2, 55 fin.:

    Quidquid hinc aut illinc communis Mors belli aufert,

    Liv. 7, 8; Flor. 3, 17, 9 al.:

    Interea quodcumque fuit populabile flammae, Mulciber abstulerat,

    had consumed, Ov. M. 9, 263; 14, 575.—
    3.
    Of places, to separate, sever, divide:

    mare septem stadiorum intervallo Europam auferens Asiae,

    Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 75:

    Armenia Euphrate amne aufertur Cappadociae,

    id. 6, 9, 9, § 25. —
    B.
    To lay aside some action, manner of speaking, etc.; to cease from, desist from, leave off: proinde istaec tua aufer terricula, Att. ap. Non. p. 227, 31:

    jurgium hinc auferas,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 19:

    aufer nugas,

    id. Truc. 4, 4, 8; id. Curc. 2, 1, 30:

    pollicitationes aufer,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 17: Ge. Id nosmet ipsos facere oportet, Phaedria. Ph. Aufer mi "oportet:" quin tu, quod faciam, impera, id. ib. 1, 4, 45 Ruhnk. (cf. Juv. 6, 170):

    Aufer abhinc lacrimas,

    Lucr. 3, 955:

    insolentiam,

    Phaedr. 3, 6, 8; so absol.: Insanis? Aufer! away! (where nugas may be supplied, as in Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 8), Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 14.—With inf. as object:

    aufer Me vultu terrere,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 43.—
    C.
    Meton., effect for cause, to corry off ( as the fruit or result of one ' s labor, exertions, errors, etc.), to obtain, get, receive, acquire:

    Ecquas viginti minas Paritas ut auferas a me?

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 71; 1, 5, 90; id. Curc. 5, 2, 21; id. Ep. 1, 2, 56; 2, 2, 9; id. Most. 4, 1, 32; Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 62:

    id inultum numquam auferet,

    id. And. 3, 5, 4; id. Ad. 3, 4, 8 (cf. id. And. 1, 2, 4): paucos dies ab aliquo, to obtain a few days ' respite, Cic. Quinct. 5, 20:

    quis umquam ad arbitrum quantum petiit, tantum abstulit?

    id. Rosc. Com. 4, 12; so,

    responsum ab aliquo,

    id. de Or. 1, 56, 239:

    decretum,

    id. Att. 16, 16, A:

    diploma,

    id. Fam. 6, 12, 3:

    praemium,

    Suet. Gram. 17. —Also with ut: ut in foro statuerent (statuas), abstulisti, you have carried the point that they etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59 (so, adsequi, ut, Tac. G. 35).— Trop., to carry away the knowledge of a thing, to learn, understand: quis est in populo Romano, qui hoc non ex priore actione abstulerit? has not learned, does not know, Cic Verr. 2, 1, 8.

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  • respite — *pause, recess, lull, intermission Analogous words: leisure, ease, *rest: interruption, interval, *break …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • respite — is pronounced either res piyt or res pit …   Modern English usage

  • respite — [n] pause, suspension in activity acquittal, adjournment, break, breath*, breather*, breathing space*, cessation, coffee break*, deadlock, deferment, delay, deliverance, discharge, downtime*, ease, exculpation, five*, forgiveness, halt, hiatus,… …   New thesaurus

  • respite — ► NOUN ▪ a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant. ORIGIN Old French respit, from Latin respectus refuge, consideration …   English terms dictionary

  • respite — n. 1) to allow, give respite (we allowed them no respite) 2) a brief, temporary respite 3) a respite from (there was no respite from the cold) 4) without respite * * * [ resp(a)ɪt] temporary respite give respite (we allowed them no respite) a… …   Combinatory dictionary

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