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re spite
noun as in interlude
noun as in intermission
noun as in layoff
noun as in leisure
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in letup
noun as in lull
noun as in moratorium
Weak matches
noun as in nap
noun as in pause
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in recess
noun as in relief
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in remission
noun as in repose
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in reprieve
noun as in respite
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in rest
Strongest match
Strong matches
- break
- breather
- calm
- calmness
- cessation
- comfort
- composure
- cutoff
- downtime
- doze
- dreaminess
- ease
- halt
- holiday
- hush
- idleness
- interlude
- intermission
- interval
- leisure
- letup
- lull
- motionlessness
- nap
- pause
- peace
- quiescence
- quiet
- quietude
- recess
- recreation
- refreshment
- relaxation
- relief
- repose
- respite
- siesta
- silence
- sleep
- slumber
- somnolence
- standstill
- stay
- stillness
- stop
- tranquillity
Weak matches
noun as in suspension
Strong matches
noun as in truce
noun as in vacation
noun as in rest and recreation
noun as in break
noun as in time off
noun as in postponement
Strongest matches
Strong match
Weak matches
noun as in cessation
Strong matches
noun as in interspace
Weak matches
- aperture
- arroyo
- blank
- caesura
- canyon
- chasm
- cleft
- clove
- crack
- cranny
- crevice
- cut
- defile
- difference
- disagreement
- discontinuity
- disparity
- divergence
- divide
- division
- fracture
- gorge
- gulch
- gully
- hiatus
- hole
- hollow
- inconsistency
- interlude
- intermission
- interruption
- interstice
- interval
- lacuna
- lull
- notch
- opening
- orifice
- pause
- ravine
- recess
- rent
- respite
- rest
- rift
- rupture
- separation
- slit
- slot
- space
- vacuity
- void
noun as in palliation
Strong matches
- abatement
- alleviation
- amelioration
- appeasement
- assistance
- assuagement
- balm
- break
- breather
- cheer
- comfort
- consolation
- contentment
- cure
- deliverance
- diversion
- ease
- easement
- extrication
- fix
- hand
- happiness
- help
- letup
- lift
- lightening
- maintenance
- mitigation
- mollification
- palliative
- refreshment
- release
- remission
- reprieve
- respite
- rest
- restfulness
- satisfaction
- softening
- solace
- succor
- support
- sustenance
Weak matches
noun as in credit
noun as in downtime
noun as in forgiveness
noun as in gap
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak match
verb as in remit
Strongest match
Strong matches
verb as in reprieve
verb as in stay
Strong matches
verb as in forgive
Strong matches
noun as in interlude
noun as in intermission
noun as in layoff
noun as in leisure
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in letup
noun as in lull
noun as in moratorium
Weak matches
noun as in nap
noun as in pause
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in recess
noun as in relief
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in remission
noun as in repose
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in reprieve
noun as in respite
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in rest
Strongest match
Strong matches
- break
- breather
- calm
- calmness
- cessation
- comfort
- composure
- cutoff
- downtime
- doze
- dreaminess
- ease
- halt
- holiday
- hush
- idleness
- interlude
- intermission
- interval
- leisure
- letup
- lull
- motionlessness
- nap
- pause
- peace
- quiescence
- quiet
- quietude
- recess
- recreation
- refreshment
- relaxation
- relief
- repose
- respite
- siesta
- silence
- sleep
- slumber
- somnolence
- standstill
- stay
- stillness
- stop
- tranquillity
Weak matches
noun as in suspension
Strong matches
noun as in truce
noun as in vacation
noun as in rest and recreation
noun as in break
noun as in time off
noun as in postponement
Strongest matches
Strong match
Weak matches
noun as in cessation
Strong matches
noun as in interspace
Weak matches
- aperture
- arroyo
- blank
- caesura
- canyon
- chasm
- cleft
- clove
- crack
- cranny
- crevice
- cut
- defile
- difference
- disagreement
- discontinuity
- disparity
- divergence
- divide
- division
- fracture
- gorge
- gulch
- gully
- hiatus
- hole
- hollow
- inconsistency
- interlude
- intermission
- interruption
- interstice
- interval
- lacuna
- lull
- notch
- opening
- orifice
- pause
- ravine
- recess
- rent
- respite
- rest
- rift
- rupture
- separation
- slit
- slot
- space
- vacuity
- void
noun as in palliation
Strong matches
- abatement
- alleviation
- amelioration
- appeasement
- assistance
- assuagement
- balm
- break
- breather
- cheer
- comfort
- consolation
- contentment
- cure
- deliverance
- diversion
- ease
- easement
- extrication
- fix
- hand
- happiness
- help
- letup
- lift
- lightening
- maintenance
- mitigation
- mollification
- palliative
- refreshment
- release
- remission
- reprieve
- respite
- rest
- restfulness
- satisfaction
- softening
- solace
- succor
- support
- sustenance
Weak matches
noun as in credit
noun as in downtime
noun as in forgiveness
noun as in gap
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak match
verb as in remit
Strongest match
Strong matches
verb as in reprieve
verb as in stay
Strong matches
verb as in forgive
Strong matches
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On this page you'll find 1302 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to re-spite, such as: breathing space, idyll, lull, respite, delay, and episode.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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