respite

That would bring more settled conditions to much of the UK, with drier and calmer weather offering a respite from the recent run of storms and unsettled weather.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

"I do not think he deserves a respite," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

There’s little respite to be found in the Chargers’ upcoming games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 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

Afternoon brought Ser Barristan a brief respite from his doubts.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

These six podcasts offer respites for your brain, delivering tales that are diverting enough to keep you focused, but uneventful enough that you can doze off.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2024

Last decade he toured big European venues and festivals between respites in Berlin or California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2024

Even for malaria the respites may be transient.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 25, 2023

The only respites were when Mark, the utility boy, came in.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

I concluded that the father had already fed the little brutes, and that I was to be respited for an hour or two, perhaps half a day.

From Chatterbox, 1906 by J. Erskine (John Erskine) Clarke

He was prevailed on to petition the council, upon which he was respited to the 30th, and from that to May 9th, when he suffered according to his sentence.

From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by John Howie

At his trial he pleaded guilty; but he was respited, and afterwards pardoned.

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

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

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

From The Parables of Our Lord by William Arnot

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

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 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