1. (n.) A rest; a postponement or delay; a break.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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