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    Synonyms and Definitions

    Use "respite" in a sentence

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    respite


    respites


    respiting


    1. cooling respite from the Sun’s hot rays


    2. She half stood … but it was a short respite


    3. moments I was allowed some respite from the stress of


    4. forward to a respite - albeit brief - on dry land


    5. They all went and sat down under the trees in the front garden, happy to be out of the relentless sun; eager to have a brief moment of respite to recover before lunch


    6. ” She paused again and added, “I suggest that you should take advantage of this respite here, before you shove off to wherever


    7. I was grateful for the few minutes of respite and the fresh water he brought


    8. We stopped for a short while as some put up tents as a respite from the weather


    9. They drove the Turks back about four hundred yards which was an achievement in itself and gained their mates some respite they are now dug in and like us waiting to attack again tomorrow and that’s it really


    10. I needed that respite, because Sarah had become a troubling part of my daily worries

    11. But there was no respite and we pushed on I watched as Johnny Grundy jerked as bullets stitched a pattern in blood across the front of his shirt and then he dropped to the ground


    12. The dealers have no respite from the continual visits and examination of the excise officers


    13. But then the thought of your friends came into your head and you knew there was no way you could let them down and so some respite came from the doubts


    14. There was no time for respite and, as Raven was bent over in pain, a deadly fist slammed into the side of his face, knocking a tooth from his mouth in a spurt of blood


    15. Felicity got into the back of the car, where she had a bit of respite from the wind


    16. His muscles were sore and needed a respite, even a short one would help, but he didn’t dare to stop


    17. You just can’t live indoors here despite the very attentive mozzies but you often need some respite, in an air-conditioned room, when the heat is turned right up between eleven am and four pm


    18. On the whole, Theodore felt the campaign had gone rather smoothly, but he was glad we would have a little respite while waiting for our cousin, Khan George, since his men were a bit ragged


    19. with a greater host than afore, 25 He removed from Jerusalem, and met them in the land of Amathis, for he gave them no respite to


    20. mornings are the rule and give respite to resi-

    21. He wondered what had Jack been doing; he had sent the lawyers which had been comforting, but the respite hadn’t lasted long


    22. He was still plagued by his adoring fly everywhere he went but with Arnold being confined to his room, it gave him respite to heal a little and think about new hobbies he could do to while away the time


    23. And we find no respite for confession that our Lord is true in all His works, and in His judgements and His justice,


    24. is but a respite from pain


    25. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and listened not to them; as the Lord had said;


    26. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and


    27. The brief respite had given Alison all the time she needed


    28. And we find no respite for confession that our Lord is true in all His works and in His judgements and His justice


    29. Yes, there will be punishment for what you have done here on this day-cycle, but you can know that your surrender brought respite to us all


    30. “…but you needed the respite

    31. Here there is no time or ebb and flow of violence, but it all occurs at once and without respite


    32. It had seemed more the gift than the quantity that had given him this short respite


    33. 24 Now when Jonathan heard that Demebius' princes were come to fight against him with a greater host than afore 25 He removed from Jerusalem and met them in the land of Amathis for he gave them no respite to enter his country


    34. 25 increase in megacycles gave some respite from listeners and from the jammers


    35. seemed more the gift than the quantity that had given him this short respite


    36. He swept the mind-cane in a perfect arc in front of him and the resulting swift flames gave him a respite he could tumble through, back into the harshness of the rough flooring and the reality of the wintry air


    37. them rose a low hill whose mass had offered some respite from the chill of the night


    38. Fighting the scribe meant the beast would lose that respite


    39. Sothe fellow-servant fell down at his 8 feet and begged him and said Grant me respite and I will pay you; And he would not; but took him and throw him into prison till he should give him his debt


    40. 18 And he spoke to them a parable also that they should pray at all times and not be slothful; Therewas a judge in a city who feared not God nor was ashamed for men and there was a widow in that city; and she came to him and said Avenge me of my adversary; And he would not for a long time: but afterwards he said within himself If of God I have no fear and before men I have no shame; yet because this widow vexes me I will avenge her that she come not at all times 23 and annoy me; And our Lord said Hear you what the judge of injustice said; And shall not God still more do vengeance for his elect who call on him in the night and in the day and grant them respite? I say to you He will do vengeance for them speedily

    41. It’s the respite Simon needs


    42. Johan is glad of the respite


    43. In a few minutes, after chatting with Matrielle for a short respite, they headed toward the conference room


    44. Some time after setting off again and feeling renewed from the brief respite from the elements, his horse became skittish


    45. These stories have grown out of the time I spent as a counselor at a camp for children with special needs, a Sunday School teacher and, most recently, helping at a crisis shelter, providing temporary respite for preschool children


    46. The troll found respite in patrolling the kennels in the cellar of his Tower


    47. The Nile offered no respite


    48. The goblins fell back in disarray, but the respite was short-lived


    49. He made an excuse one weekend that he was meeting up with his old friends, which he was, but it was just a means of getting a respite from a relationship he knew was not going anywhere for him


    50. when there is a moment' s respite from worldly action, at once that thought of






































    1. Day and night the devoted Sisters slaved, with brief respites of sleep on sides of packing cases covered with a blanket; and it is small wonder that they all sickened and were removed in a dangerous condition to the hospital ship


    2. Small respites of peace in-between the endless wars and killing


    3. During the eight years there had been respites


    1. In the verse "…shall be lashed", there is a respiting and a caution, but it is not a long respite


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    Synonyms for "respite"

    break recess respite time out reprieve abatement hiatus suspension relief rest rest period stay cessation delay interval postponement suspend postpone put off relieve alleviate

    "respite" definitions

    a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort


    a pause from doing something (as work)


    an interruption in the intensity or amount of something


    a pause for relaxation


    the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment


    postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution