respite

"That gives the whole area respite because they know this offender is not allowed in," said Katy Bourne, the Sussex police and crime commissioner.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Personal computer sales are sagging—but AI might provide a respite, at least for manufacturers’ pocketbooks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

These breaks are a welcome respite from long stretches of sitting and screen-based learning, which is common in some classrooms despite questions about its efficacy.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

And it’s been broiling along the coast, which typically offers a cooler respite from the heat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

The summer wore on, and I found respite in the coolness of the river and the dimness of Granddaddy’s laboratory.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

They were blessed respites from the morning breakfast rush and carpool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

Last year, roughly 233,000 were logged at winter respites.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024

Even for malaria the respites may be transient.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 25, 2023

A smaller seaside resort flourished at Crescent Beach, just north of the White Rock beach resort town, with its own cluster of cottages, eateries and sandy respites.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2023

Her crimes had seemed minimal, but now Ophie could not help but see her afternoon respites through her mother’s eyes, and shame ran through her, hot and itchy.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

He was afterwards taken prisoner at Preston, impeached before the House of Peers in 1716, and sentenced to be executed as a traitor, and his estate forfeited; but eventually he was respited and pardoned.

From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. by Mrs. Thomson

Great compassion was evinced for her in the court, but she was still found guilty, though being near her pregnancy, her execution was respited.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Walter Thornbury

He has not been forgiven; he has only been respited.

From The Parables of Our Lord by William Arnot

Their doom will not be lightened, neither will they be reprieved; S: Abiding in it; their chastisement shall not be lightened nor shall they be respited.

From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali

He was respited for a fortnight, and afterwards during the pleasure of the Prince Regent.

From Notes and Queries, Number 189, June 11, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell

Then they made a last attempt in his favor, and voted for respiting the execution.

From Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

By this simple sentence a flood of light is thrown on the fact of respiting him alone amongst the four men admittedly concerned in the rescue.

From The Dock and the Scaffold by Unknown

The respiting of the burning of the hand till the king's pardon could be obtained was not to put him in a worse condition than he would have been in had he been actually burnt.

From State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social by Various

"There is one strange fact about this," said the governor of the prison to Harkaway, "and that is, that one of the prisoners has taken the liberty of respiting himself."

From Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece by Bracebridge Hemyng

Then they made a last attempt in his favour, and voted for respiting the execution.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay