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Definition of Respites

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 Respites 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...
- In the field of healthcare, respite care is either planned care or temporary emergency healthcare that is provided to the caregiver(s) of a child patient...
- remissions of fines and forfeitures, respites and amnesties. Historically, presidents have granted most respites for periods of 30 to 90 days and have...
- 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...
- 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...
- "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...
- four consecutive terms in office, but can run again after a four-year respite. The Colorado House of Representatives convenes at the State Capitol in...
- says that the president shall have the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence...
- The Mistick Krewe of Comus (MKC), founded in 1856, is the oldest extant New Orleans, Louisiana Carnival Krewe, the longest to continually parade with few...
- 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...