Home
Manuscripts
Lexicon
About
By Image
By Work
Sign Up
Sign In
Email
Password
Remember me
Forgot your password?
respite
respite [-s]
n
OFr
respit
< L.
respect-us
, respect.
Pause; temporary intermission, reprieve, or break from work or labor; interval of rest.
Relief from the stresses of life; break; pause for thought; rest; vacation.