RESPITE meaning: Temporary relief from stress, difficulty

We found 33 dictionaries that define the word respite:

General (24 matching dictionaries)

respite: Merriam-Webster.com
respite: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
respite: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
respite: Collins English Dictionary
respite: Vocabulary.com
Respite, respite: Wordnik
respite: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
respite: Wiktionary
respite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
respite: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
respite: Infoplease Dictionary
respite: Dictionary.com
respite: Online Etymology Dictionary
respite: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Respite (law), Respite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Respite: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
respite: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
respite: Rhymezone
respite: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
respite: Free Dictionary
respite: Mnemonic Dictionary
respite: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (5 matching dictionaries)

respite: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
respite: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

respite: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

Reactive Attachment Disorder (No longer online)
RESPITE: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

Respite: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  A brief interval of rest or relief.
▸ noun:  (law) A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death.
▸ noun:  (law) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
▸ noun:  (musical theatre) A short period of spoken dialogue in an otherwise sung-through musical.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To delay or postpone (an event).
▸ verb:  (transitive) To allow (a person) extra time to fulfil some obligation.

Opposite:

aggravation

Types:

vacation, sabbatical, leave of absence, rest, break, break from work, more...

Phrases:

respite care, without respite, place of respite, take respite, opposite of respite, more...

Adjectives:

brief, short, temporary, little, welcome, momentary, only, long, needed, much, further

Colors:

sky blue, lavender, soft pink, mint green, pale yellow, more...

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