respite
[noun]
Synonyms: pause, break, cessation, halt, interval, lull, recess, relief, rest

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Related Words: intermission, lull, pause, recess, ease, leisure, rest

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

res‧pite /ˈrespɪt, -paɪt $ -pɪt/ noun [singular, uncountable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: respit, from Medieval Latin respectus; ⇒ respect¹]

1. a short time when something bad stops happening, so that the situation is temporarily better
respite from
The trip was a welcome respite from the pressures of work.
a brief respite from persecution
without respite
The pain went on without respite.

2. a short period of time before you have to do something that you do not like:
We have a few days’ respite before we have to pay them.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

respite
noun
ADJ. brief, moment's, temporary a moment's respite from the ringing of the phone
much needed, welcome
VERB + RESPITE have | bring (sb), give (sb), provide (sb with) The tablets brought temporary respite from the excruciating pain.
gain (sb), win (sb)
RESPITE + NOUN care
PREP. without ~ The storm continued for two hours without respite.
~ from They had no respite from the demands of their children.
PHRASES a period of respite

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲