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Respit [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Pause; temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest.

2. Some pause and respit only I require.

3. In law, reprieve; temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender.

4. Delay; forbearance; prolongation of time for the payment of a debt beyond the legal time.

5. The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury, beyond the proper term.

Respit [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.

2. To respit his day-labor with repast.

3. To suspend the execution of a criminal beyond the time limited by the sentence; to delay for a time.

4. To give delay of appearance at court; as, to respit a jury.

Respite [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.

2. Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay.

3. Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.

4. The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.

5. To give or grant a respite to.

6. To delay or postpone; to put off.

7. To keep back from execution; to reprieve.

8. To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.

Respited [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Relieved from labor; allowed a temporary suspension of execution.

Respited [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Respiteless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Without respite.

Respiting [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Relieving from labor; suspending the execution of a capital offender.

Respiting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913