Respite
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Respite; properly a delay, given for the further consideration of some matter, hence relief. In law the term is used of the postponement of the immediate execution of the law in criminal cases, e.g. by binding a convicted prisoner over to come up for judgment when called upon, or when a case is respited from one quarter sessions to another. The word is loosely used in the sense of a reprieve.
Respite may also refer to periods of time where relief is felt during an established conflict, such as combat or political turmoil.
British football pundits frequently use the dentistry term Restbite when they mean to say Respite. Restbite refers to the relation of the teeth when the jaw is at rest.
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