respite

Etymology
From and, from. .

Noun

 * 1)  A brief interval of rest or relief.
 * 2)  A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death.
 * 3)  The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
 * 4)  A short period of spoken dialogue in an otherwise sung-through musical.
 * 1)  A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death.
 * 2)  The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
 * 3)  A short period of spoken dialogue in an otherwise sung-through musical.
 * 1)  The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
 * 2)  A short period of spoken dialogue in an otherwise sung-through musical.
 * 1)  The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
 * 2)  A short period of spoken dialogue in an otherwise sung-through musical.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:pause

Derived terms

 * respite care

Translations

 * Afrikaans: verposing
 * Arabic: متنفس
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , ,
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: о́дмор, о́ддив, о́ддишка
 * Maori: tānga manawa, tāngamanawa
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: avveksling, pusterom, pustepause
 * Old English: ǣmethwīl
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: faochadh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: перепочинок


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * German: Strafvollstreckungsaufschub,
 * Macedonian: одложу́вање
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Ukrainian: відтермінування, відстрочка


 * German: Aussetzung des Verfahrens, Verhandlungsaufschub
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: відтермінування, відстрочка

Verb

 * 1)  To delay or postpone (an event).
 * 2)  To allow (a person) extra time to fulfil some obligation.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: uitstel
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * German: ,
 * Macedonian: о́дложи
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,