Shak.
2. Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation;
interval of rest; pause; delay. "Without more respite." Chaucer.
Some pause and respite only I require.
Denham.
3. (Law) (a) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital
offender; reprieve. (b) The delay of appearance at court granted to a
jury beyond the proper term.
Syn. -- Pause; interval; stop; cessation; delay; postponement; stay;
reprieve.
Res"pite, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Respited; p. pr. & vb. n. Respiting.]
[OF. respiter, LL. respectare. See Respite, n.] To give or grant a
respite to. Specifically: (a) To delay or postpone; to put off. (b) To
keep back from execution; to reprieve.
Forty days longer we do respite you.
Shak.
(c) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest. "To respite his day
labor with repast." Milton.
Res"pite*less, a. Without respite. Baxter.
{ Re*splen"dence (r?*spl?n"dens), Re*splen"den*cy (-den*s?), } n. [L.
resplendentia.] The quality or state of being resplendent; brilliant
luster; vivid brightness; splendor.
Son! thou in whom my glory I behold In full resplendence, heir of
all my might.
Milton.
The resplendency of his own almighty goodness.
Dr. J. Scott.
Re*splen"dent (-dent), a. [L. resplendens, -entis, p. pr. of
resplendere to shine brightly; pref. re- re- + splendere to shine. See
Splendid.] Shining with brilliant luster; very bright. --
Re*splen"dent*ly, adv.
With royal arras and resplendent gold.
Spenser.
Re*splen"dish*ant (-d?sh*ant), a. Resplendent; brilliant. [R. & Obs.]
Fabyan.