Dictionary Entry
respite
respite is a 7-letter English word with 14 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 14 senses
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- 1noun
A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.
- 2noun
Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay.
- 3noun
Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.
- 4noun
The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
- 5noun
To give or grant a respite to.
- 6noun
To delay or postpone; to put off.
- 7noun
To keep back from execution; to reprieve.
- 8noun
To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.
- 9noun
a pause from doing something (as work)
"we took a 10-minute break"
"he took time out to recuperate"
- 10noun
the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
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- 11noun
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- 12noun
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
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- 13noun
a pause for relaxation
"people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"
- 14verb
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
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