Definitions
a pause from doing something (as work)
Word origin
From Anglo-Norman and Old French respit (“rest”), from Latin respectus. Doublet of respect.
Used in a sentence
“I crave but four day's respite.”
“Some pause and respite only I require.”
“Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.”
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01“Short rest”7 letters
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