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Synonyms for respite
ˈrɛs pɪtrespite
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Princeton's WordNet
reprieve, respitenoun
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
Synonyms:
recess, abatement, rest period, suspension, time out, reprieve, relief, break, hiatus, restrespite, recess, break, time outnoun
a pause from doing something (as work)
"we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
Synonyms:
prison-breaking, rest period, deferral, rest, recession, jailbreak, relief, corner, interruption, rift, intermission, severance, niche, falling out, prisonbreak, suspension, recess, breakout, faulting, break of serve, inlet, geological fault, gap, break, good luck, breaking, disruption, reprieve, open frame, gaolbreak, abatement, hiatus, breach, happy chance, fault, pause, shift, fracture, time out, breakage, rupturesuspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatementnoun
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
Synonyms:
dangling, foramen, relief, suspension, rest, suspension system, reprieve, recess, interruption, rest period, break, temporary removal, hiatus, pause, abatement, abeyance, time out, intermission, hangingrespite, rest, relief, rest periodnoun
a pause for relaxation
"people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"
Synonyms:
backup man, rest period, stand-in, eternal sleep, repose, balance, relaxation, relief, ease, suspension, backup, rilievo, rest, succour, time out, assuagement, eternal rest, recess, reprieve, residual, succor, easing, break, alleviation, quietus, easement, reliever, abatement, fill-in, hiatus, substitute, relievo, residue, embossment, residuum, sleep, remainder, ministration, sculptural relief, moderationreprieve, respiteverb
the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
Synonyms:
recess, abatement, rest period, suspension, time out, reprieve, relief, break, hiatus, restreprieve, respiteverb
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
Synonyms:
reprieve
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
respitenoun
respitenoun
Synonyms:
reprieve, suspension of punishmentrespiteverb
respiteverb
Synonyms:
reprieve, suspend the punishment of
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "respite":
feeder, succession, truce, occasional, let-up, reprieve, lull, break, relief
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1547 | rest | |
#1618 | break | |
#1963 | balance | |
#2218 | corner | |
#2666 | breaking | |
#2705 | sleep | |
#2940 | relief | |
#3116 | backup | |
#3711 | shift | |
#4114 | gap | |
#4819 | ease | |
#5045 | fault | |
#5067 | suspension | |
#6032 | substitute | |
#6086 | hanging | |
#8529 | occasional | |
#9001 | breach | |
#9174 | remainder | |
#9757 | relaxation | |
#10431 | residual | |
#10611 | pause | |
#11596 | niche | |
#12467 | feeder | |
#12744 | inlet | |
#13084 | residue | |
#13762 | succession | |
#14595 | fracture | |
#15079 | disruption | |
#17149 | moderation | |
#17400 | interruption | |
#18494 | breakout | |
#19598 | recess | |
#19772 | recession | |
#19980 | abatement | |
#22272 | easement | |
#22368 | respite | |
#23043 | severance | |
#24292 | rupture | |
#24621 | rift | |
#25694 | dangling | |
#27968 | truce | |
#28330 | hiatus | |
#29589 | easing | |
#31174 | breakage | |
#34191 | deferral | |
#34313 | intermission | |
#35577 | alleviation | |
#36640 | reliever | |
#38211 | repose | |
#44222 | lull | |
#56356 | reprieve | |
#65516 | faulting | |
#85297 | abeyance | |
#85390 | foramen | |
#103501 | ministration | |
#109404 | succor | |
#110721 | jailbreak | |
#113774 | succour | |
#192178 | residuum | |
#221707 | quietus |
How to use respite in a sentence?
It's the proverbial dead-cat bounce. After days of worries, the market's in a relief rally on the heels of New York and hopes that we get a respite on everything from China to Greece, but those issues still fester...We're in uncharted waters as far as the Greece exit, and the (Chinese) market collapse is only 30 percent after a 150 percent gain.
This quarter has afforded consumers little respite from political or economic uncertainty and this has shown in their spending.
Heat exposure is cumulative, so in the very hot months, plan to have at least 8-10 hours of heat respite per day to offload some of the heat.
We hope we get a respite as we get into April, May and June.
This early in the season is unprecedented, but if this is what it's like now, we really are concerned that over the next few months we're going to get no respite from these sorts of bushfire conditions.
Translations for respite
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- verposing, uitstelAfrikaans
- تأجيلArabic
- respirCatalan, Valencian
- odkladCzech
- pusterumDanish
- Atempause, Bedenkzeit, Aufschub, Frist, aufschieben, verschiebenGerman
- αναβολήGreek
- respiroSpanish
- مهلت دادنPersian
- lepotaukoFinnish
- répitFrench
- faochadhScottish Gaelic
- հետաձգումArmenian
- treguaItalian
- dilationemLatin
- verademing, respijtDutch
- pusteromNorwegian
- descansoPortuguese
- răgazRomanian
- отсрочить, отсрочка, отсрочивать, передышкаRussian
- odgoda, predahSerbo-Croatian
- andrumSwedish
- mühletTurkish
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