English-Thai Dictionary

respite

N การ บรรเทา โทษ  reprieve kan-ban-tao-tod

 

respite

N การ ยืดเวลา ออก ไป  delay kan-yuad-we-la-ook-pai

 

respite

N การหยุดพัก ชั่วคราว  การพักผ่อน  break pause recess kan-yud-pak-chue-kao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RESPITED

pp. Relieved from labor; allowed a temporary suspension of execution.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RESPITE

Res "pite (rs "pt ), n. Etym: [OF. respit, F. répit, from L. respectus respect, regard, delay, in LL. , the deferring of a day. See Respect. ]

 

1. A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay. I crave but four day's respite. Shak.

 

2. 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.

 

3. (Law ) (a ) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve. (b ) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.

 

Syn. -- Pause; interval; stop; cessation; delay; postponement; stay; reprieve.

 

RESPITE

Res "pite, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Respited; p. pr. & vb. n. Respiting. ]Etym: [OF. respiter, LL. respectare. See Respite, n.]

 

Defn: To give or grant a respite to. Specifically: (a ) To delay or postpone; to put off. (b ) To keep back from execution; to reprieve. Forty days longer we do respite you. Shak.

 

(c ) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest. "To respite his day labor with repast. " Milton.

 

RESPITELESS

RESPITELESS Res "pite *less, a.

 

Defn: Without respite. Baxter.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

respite

res pite |ˈrespət, riˈspīt ˈrɛspət | ▶noun a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant: the refugee encampments will provide some respite from the suffering | [ in sing. ] : a brief respite from a dire food shortage. • a short delay permitted before an unpleasant obligation is met or a punishment is carried out. ▶verb [ with obj. ] rare postpone (a sentence, obligation, etc. ): the execution was only respited a few months. • archaic grant a delay or extension of time to; reprieve from death or execution: some poor criminal … from the gibbet or the wheel, respited for a day. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French respit, from Latin respectus ‘refuge, consideration. ’

 

respite care

res pite care ▶noun temporary institutional care of a dependent elderly, ill, or handicapped person, providing relief for their usual caregivers.

 

Oxford Dictionary

respite

respite |ˈrɛspʌɪt, -spɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant: the refugee encampments will provide some respite from the suffering | [ in sing. ] : a brief respite from the heat. • a short delay permitted before an unpleasant obligation is met or a punishment is carried out. ▶verb [ with obj. ] rare postpone (a sentence, obligation, etc. ): the execution was only respited a few months. • archaic grant a respite to (someone, especially a person condemned to death ). ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French respit, from Latin respectus ‘refuge, consideration ’.

 

respite care

res |pite care ▶noun [ mass noun ] temporary institutional care of a sick, elderly, or disabled person, providing relief for their usual carer.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

respite

respite noun 1 a brief respite: rest, break, breathing space, interval, intermission, interlude, recess, lull, pause, time out; relief, relaxation, repose; informal breather, letup. 2 respite from debts: postponement, deferment, delay, reprieve; Law continuance.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

respite

respite noun 1 the thought of a brief respite was tempting: rest, break, breathing space, interval, intermission, interlude, recess, lull, pause, time out, hiatus, halt, stop, stoppage, cessation, discontinuation, standstill; relief, relaxation, repose; informal breather, let-up. 2 granting respite from debts was a means of encouraging men to serve in the army: postponement, deferment, delay, stay, stay of execution, reprieve, remission, suspension, adjournment, moratorium; N. Amer. Law continuance.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

respite

res pite /réspət |-paɪt /名詞 U C ｟かたく ｠〖通例単数形で 〗1 【仕事などの 】小休止, 休息 ; 【病気の 】小康 «from » ▸ a brief respite from work 労働からの暫時の休息 ▸ work without respite 休みなく働く 2 延期, 猶予 ; 〘法 〙(死刑の )執行猶予 ▸ grant a respite for payment 支払猶予を認める 動詞 他動詞 …を (一時 )延期する, 延ばす, 猶予する ; 〈死刑囚 〉に刑の執行を猶予する .