noun to give or grant a respite to.
2. respite ·noun to delay or postpone; to put off.
3. respite ·noun to relieve by a pause or interval of rest.
4. respite ·noun to keep back from execution; to reprieve.
5. respite ·noun a putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.
6. respite ·noun temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.
7. respite ·noun the delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
8. respite ·noun temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay.