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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadNoah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Respite
Subjects in this Topic:
(1):
(n.) Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay.
(2):
(n.) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.
(3):
(n.) To keep back from execution; to reprieve.
(4):
(n.) To delay or postpone; to put off.
(5):
(n.) A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.
(6):
(n.) To give or grant a respite to.
(7):
(n.) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.
(8):
(n.) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.