What is temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay. "Without more respite." Chaucer. Some pause and respite only I require. Denham called?
respite — Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay. "Without more respite." Chaucer. Some pause and respite only I require. Denham. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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