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(1):

(n.) Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay.

(2):

(n.) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.

(3):

(n.) To keep back from execution; to reprieve.

(4):

(n.) To delay or postpone; to put off.

(5):

(n.) A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.

(6):

(n.) To give or grant a respite to.

(7):

(n.) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.

(8):

(n.) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.