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General (30 matching dictionaries)

1. respite: Merriam-Webster.com [home, info]
2. respite: Oxford Dictionaries [home, info]
3. respite: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
4. respite: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
5. respite: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
6. respite: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
7. Respite, respite: Wordnik [home, info]
8. respite: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
9. respite: Wiktionary [home, info]
10. respite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
11. respite: V2 Vocabulary Building Dictionary [home, info]
12. respite: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
13. respite: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
14. respite: Dictionary.com [home, info]
15. respite: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
16. respite: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
17. respite: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
18. Respite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
19. Respite: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
20. respite: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
21. respite: Rhymezone [home, info]
22. respite: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
23. Respite: 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
24. respite: Free Dictionary [home, info]
25. respite: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
26. respite: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
27. respite: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
28. respite: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Business (5 matching dictionaries)

29. respite: Webster's New World Law Dictionary [home, info]
30. Respite: THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM [home, info]
31. respite: Glossary of Legal Terms [home, info]
32. RESPITE: Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition [home, info]
33. respite: Legal dictionary [home, info]

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

34. respite: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

35. Respite: Reactive Attachment Disorder [home, info]
36. RESPITE: Medical dictionary [home, info]

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

37. Respite: Urban Dictionary [home, info]

Quick definitions from Macmillan ( ) Provided by Quick definitions from WordNet (respite) ▸ noun:  a pause from doing something (as work) ▸ noun:  a pause for relaxation ▸ noun:  the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment ▸ noun:  an interruption in the intensity or amount of something ▸ noun:  a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort ▸ verb:  postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution ▸ Word origin ▸ Words similar to respite ▸ Usage examples for respite ▸ Popular adjectives describing respite ▸ Words that often appear near respite ▸ Rhymes of respite ▸ Invented words related to respite