Definition of Respite. Meaning of Respite. Synonyms of Respite

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Definition of Respite

Respite
Respite Res"pite, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Respited; p. pr. & vb. n. Respiting.] [OF. respiter, LL. respectare. See Respite, n.] To give or grant a respite to. Specifically: (a) To delay or postpone; to put off. (b) To keep back from execution; to reprieve. Forty days longer we do respite you. --Shak. (c) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest. ``To respite his day labor with repast.' --Milton.

Meaning of Respite from wikipedia

- Look up respite in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Respite may be: Respite (law), a delay in the imposition of sentence Respite care, planned or emergency...
- Respite care is planned or emergency temporary care provided to caregivers of a child or adult. Respite programs provide planned short-term and time-limited...
- A respite is a delay in the imposition of sentence but in no way modifies a sentence or addresses questions of due process, guilt or innocence. The pardon...
- Medical respite care, also referred to as recuperative care, is acute and post-acute medical care for homeless persons who are too ill or frail to recover...
- A Few Days of Respite (French: Quelques jours de répit) is a 2011 French-Algerian drama film written and directed by Amor Hakkar. It competed in the World...
- be jeopardized. Respite care is one of the services that Alzheimer's caregivers say they need most. One study found that if respite care delays institutionalization...
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- Statues Hill capturing all territory south of Laukkai. There was a brief respite in fighting in mid-December as peace talks were attempted. They were unsuccessful...
- Mogami (最上) was the lead ship in the four-vessel Mogami class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial ****anese Navy. She was named after the Mogami River in...
- The Beatles staged their second concert tour of the United States (with one date in Canada) in the late summer of 1965. At the peak of American Beatlemania...