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Synonyms:
- fracture, breakout, suspension system, substitute, pause, interruption, forgiveness, repose, easing, break of serve, deliverance, cure, continue, eternal sleep, sculptural relief, rilievo, rift, remainder, prison-breaking, interval, stop, lull, letup, fill-in, succour, comfort, consolation, sleep, moderation, alleviation, immunity, backup man, severance, recession, reliever, aid, reprieve, prisonbreak, stay, halt, interregnum, foramen, breaking, rupture, residue, hanging, pardon, ease, retreat, deferment, cessation, abatement, shift, ministration, corner, rest, temporary removal, residuum, niche, mercy, adjournment, breather, remission, assuagement, mildness, fault, backup, dangling, recess, balance, inlet, happy chance, gap, jailbreak, acquittal, help, solace, remedy, postponement, quietus, suspension, embossment, relief, relaxation, exculpation, surcease, relievo, release, delay, deferral, intermission, falling out, hiatus, breach, easement, grace, good luck, quietude, abeyance, succor, residual, appeasement, rest period, truce, breathing space, break, breakage, stand-in, discharge, faulting, time-out, disruption, geological fault, gaolbreak, open frame, eternal rest, commutation
Examples:
- - It seemed to me, exhausted as I was, that I could not go on under these conditions, that the settlers themselves could not go on without some respite. - "Land of the Burnt Thigh", Edith Eudora Kohl
- - But for her it was a respite. - "The Puppet Crown", Harold MacGrath
- - He made his way softly into the sitting- room, and as he entered he turned the key in the lock behind him; there, at any rate, was a moment or two of respite. - "Mysterious Mr. Sabin", E. Phillips Oppenheim
