different between respite vs respit

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman and Old French respit (“rest”), from Latin respectus. Doublet of respect.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????spa?t/, IPA^(key): /???sp?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???sp?t/

Noun

respite (countable and uncountable, plural respites)

1. A brief interval of rest or relief.
2. (law) A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death.
3. (law) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.

Synonyms

• (brief interval): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause

Translations

Verb

respite (third-person singular simple present respites, present participle respiting, simple past and past participle respited)

1. (transitive) To delay or postpone (an event).
2. (transitive) To allow (a person) extra time to fulfil some obligation.

Translations

Anagrams

• speerit, spreite

English

Noun

respit (plural respits)

1. (obsolete) respite

Anagrams

• Pitres, Presti, Priest, Sprite, esprit, pierst, priest, re-tips, retips, ripest, sitrep, sprite, stripe, tripes

Old French

Etymology

From Latin respectus, from the verb respecto (“I look back”).

Noun

respit m (oblique plural respiz or respitz, nominative singular respiz or respitz, nominative plural respit)

1. rest (physical rest)

Synonyms

• congié (in certain cases)

Descendants

• ? English: respite
• French: répit