āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
respite
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Respite
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ
a pause or break from activity, often to rest or relax
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The lunch break was a welcome respite from the long meeting.
āĻ˛āĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŋāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ
a temporary easing or reduction of something unpleasant or difficult
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Medication gave her a brief respite from the pain.
āĻāĻˇā§āĻ§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻĨāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻāĻŋāĻ¤, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦ
the postponement or cancellation of punishment, especially in a legal context
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His lawyer appealed for a respite to prepare a stronger case.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāĻ˛āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
to respite
01
āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to delay or suspend the carrying out of a punishment, especially an execution
Transitive: to respite a punishment
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The court agreed to respite the sentence until new evidence was reviewed.
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
