• (RP) IPA: /ˈɹɛˌspaɪt/, IPA: /ˈɹɛspɪt/
• (America) IPA: /ˈɹɛspɪt/

respite

1. A brief interval of rest or relief.
   • c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “Measvre for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene ii]:

     I crave but four day's respite.

2. (legal) A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death.
3. (legal) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.

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

• French: répit
• German: Aufschub, Frist, Atempause, Bedenkzeit
• Italian: tregua
• Portuguese: trégua
• Russian: переды́шка
• Spanish: pausa, descanso

• Russian: отсро́чка

• Russian: отсро́чка

respite (respites, present participle respiting; 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.

• German: aufschieben, verschieben
• Russian: отсро́чивать
• Spanish: atrasar, postergar