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respite
English
- 🔊 a pause from doing something (as work)“we took a 10-minute break”
- 🔊 a pause for relaxation“people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests”
- 🔊 the act of reprieving
- 🔊 an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- 🔊 a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- 🔊 postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution