Definition of "respites" [respites]

• Plural form of respite. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of respite. (verb)

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• "Manil Suri's avocational interests include painting and cooking, which he claims are the only respites from the horror of being a mathematician and a writer."
• "The good news: you’ve been getting respites from the snow and cold."
• "For two years I lived only in short respites from this blackness of darkness”, she exclaimed from time to time."