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...
- 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...
- 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...
- "Griftwood" Forge, Peter Svensson, Klas Åhlund 5:16 11. "Bite of P****age" Forge 0:31 12. "Respite on the Spitalfields" Forge, Berg 6:42 Total length: 46:21...
- w****s later on September 5. The band released the double a-side single "Respite for a Tragic Tale" / "Silhouettes in Motion" on March 5, 2024, announcing...
- 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...
- accord, sometimes repeatedly. Lu Ann De Cunzo wrote in her book, Reform, Respite, Ritual: An Archaeology of Institutions; The Magdalene Society of Philadelphia...