Available Definitions:
1) n. - A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.
2) n. - Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay.
3) n. - Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.
4) n. - The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
5) n. - To give or grant a respite to.
6) n. - To delay or postpone; to put off.
7) n. - To keep back from execution; to reprieve.
8) n. - To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.