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respite

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Respite  \Res"pite\  (r?s"p?t),  n.  [OF.  respit,  F.  r['e]pit,  from 
  L.  respectus  respect,  regard,  delay,  in  LL.,  the  deferring  of 
  a  day  See  {Respect}.] 
  1.  A  putting  off  of  that  which  was  appointed;  a  postponement 
  or  delay. 
 
  I  crave  but  four  day's  respite.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Temporary  intermission  of  labor,  or  of  any  process  or 
  operation;  interval  of  rest;  pause;  delay.  ``Without  more 
  respite.''  --Chaucer. 
 
  Some  pause  and  respite  only  I  require.  --Denham. 
 
  3.  (Law) 
  a  Temporary  suspension  of  the  execution  of  a  capital 
  offender;  reprieve. 
  b  The  delay  of  appearance  at  court  granted  to  a  jury 
  beyond  the  proper  term. 
 
  Syn:  Pause;  interval;  stop;  cessation;  delay;  postponement; 
  stay;  reprieve. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  respite 
  n  1:  a  (temporary)  relief  from  harm  or  discomfort  [syn:  {reprieve}] 
  2:  a  pause  from  doing  something  (as  work);  "we  took  a  10-minute 
  break";  "he  took  time  out  to  recuperate"  [syn:  {recess},  {break}, 
  {time  out}] 
  3:  an  interruption  in  the  intensity  or  amount  of  something 
  [syn:  {suspension},  {reprieve},  {hiatus},  {abatement}] 
  4:  a  pause  for  relaxation;  "people  actually  accomplish  more 
  when  they  take  time  for  short  rests"  [syn:  {rest},  {relief}, 
  {rest  period}] 
  5:  the  act  of  reprieving;  postponing  or  remitting  punishment 
  [syn:  {reprieve}] 
  v  1:  postpone  the  punishment  of  a  convicted  criminal,  such  as  an 
  execution  [syn:  {reprieve}] 
  2:  grant  a  respite  to 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  RESPITE,  n.  A  suspension  of  hostilities  against  a  sentenced  assassin, 
  to  enable  the  Executive  to  determine  whether  the  murder  may  not  have 
  been  done  by  the  prosecuting  attorney.  Any  break  in  the  continuity  of 
  a  disagreeable  expectation. 
 
  Altgeld  upon  his  incandescend  bed 
  Lay,  an  attendant  demon  at  his  head. 
 
  "O  cruel  cook,  pray  grant  me  some  relief  -- 
  Some  respite  from  the  roast,  however  brief." 
 
  "Remember  how  on  earth  I  pardoned  all 
  Your  friends  in  Illinois  when  held  in  thrall." 
 
  "Unhappy  soul!  for  that  alone  you  squirm 
  O'er  fire  unquenched  a  never-dying  worm. 
 
  "Yet,  for  I  pity  your  uneasy  state, 
  Your  doom  I'll  mollify  and  pains  abate. 
 
  "Naught,  for  a  season,  shall  your  comfort  mar, 
  Not  even  the  memory  of  who  you  are." 
 
  Throughout  eternal  space  dread  silence  fell; 
  Heaven  trembled  as  Compassion  entered  Hell. 
 
  "As  long,  sweet  demon,  let  my  respite  be 
  As  governing  down  here  I'd  respite  thee." 
 
  "As  long,  poor  soul,  as  any  of  the  pack 
  You  thrust  from  jail  consumed  in  getting  back." 
 
  A  genial  chill  affected  Altgeld's  hide 
  While  they  were  turning  him  on  t'other  side 
  Joel  Spate  Woop




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