respite  /r'ɛspɪt/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  respite
  延期;緩刑;休息[期間]

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Respite \Res"pite\ (r?s"p?t), n. [OF. respit, F. r['e]pit, 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.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

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

資料來源(4): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  respite
       n 1: a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort [syn: {reprieve}]
       2: a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute
          break"; "he took time out to recuperate" [syn: {recess}, {break},
           {time out}]
       3: an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
          [syn: {suspension}, {reprieve}, {hiatus}, {abatement}]
       4: a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more
          when they take time for short rests" [syn: {rest}, {relief},
           {rest period}]
       5: the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
          [syn: {reprieve}]
       v : postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an
           execution [syn: {reprieve}]

資料來源(5): THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]

  RESPITE, n.  A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin,
  to enable the Executive to determine whether the murder may not have
  been done by the prosecuting attorney.  Any break in the continuity of
  a disagreeable expectation.
  
      Altgeld upon his incandescend bed
      Lay, an attendant demon at his head.
  
      "O cruel cook, pray grant me some relief --
      Some respite from the roast, however brief."
  
      "Remember how on earth I pardoned all
      Your friends in Illinois when held in thrall."
  
      "Unhappy soul! for that alone you squirm
      O'er fire unquenched, a never-dying worm.
  
      "Yet, for I pity your uneasy state,
      Your doom I'll mollify and pains abate.
  
      "Naught, for a season, shall your comfort mar,
      Not even the memory of who you are."
  
      Throughout eternal space dread silence fell;
      Heaven trembled as Compassion entered Hell.
  
      "As long, sweet demon, let my respite be
      As, governing down here, I'd respite thee."
  
      "As long, poor soul, as any of the pack
      You thrust from jail consumed in getting back."
  
      A genial chill affected Altgeld's hide
      While they were turning him on t'other side.
                                                         Joel Spate Woop