respite Copy link Outline 1. mŏra (delay)2. intermissio3. intercăpēdo, ĭnis, f. (an interval)4. laxāmentum (a relaxation) • respite: 1. mŏra (delay): to seek a r. from punishment, m. supplicii quaerere, Cic. Verr. 5, 64, 165: v. reprieve, delay. 2. intermissio: without any r., sine ulla intermissione, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114: v. intermission. 3. intercăpēdo, ĭnis, f. (an interval): a r. from trouble, i. molestiae, Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61. 4. laxāmentum (a relaxation): if there were any r. from war, si quid laxamenti a bello esset, Liv. 9, 41, ad med.: Cic.: v. rest. Phr.: to seek a few days' r., paucorum dierum interjectum petere, Tac. A. 3, 67: to grant a few days' r. for a payment, paucos dies ad solvendum prorogare, Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74.
RESPITE Copy link • RESPITEmora (Held.; mora mortis = reprieve): dilatio: prolatio (adjournment, putting off). Respite from trouble, intercapedo molestiae.