Meaning
- (noun) A brief interval of rest or relief.
- (noun) A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death.
- (noun) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
- (verb) To delay or postpone (an event).
- (verb) To allow (a person) extra time to fulfil some obligation.
Letter breakdown
- Respites contains 8 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 6 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 10.
Words from these letters
- persist
- pesters
- presets
- priests
- respite
- spriest
- sprites
- stripes
- espies
- esters
- pester
- peters
- preset
- priest
- resets
- resist
- ripest
- serest
- series
- sister
- spires
- spites
- sprees
- sprite
- steeps
- steers
- stripe
- strips
- ester
- peers
- pests
- peter
- piers
- press
- pries
- reset
- rests
- rises
- rites
- seeps
- seers
- sires
- sites
- spies
- spire
- spite
- spits
- spree
- steep
- steer
- steps
- sties
- stirs
- strep
- strip
- terse
- tiers
- tires
- trees
Synonyms
Connected words
Other 8-letter words
- aardvark
- abacuses
- abalones
- abandons
- abashing
- abattoir
- abbesses
- abdicate
- abdomens
- abducted
- abductee
- abductor
- aberrant
- abetters
- abetting
- abettors
- abeyance
- abhorred
Words starting with RES
- resale
- resales
- reschedule
- rescheduled
- reschedules
- rescheduling
- rescind
- rescinded
- rescinding
- rescinds
- rescission
- rescue
- rescued
- rescuer
- rescuers
- rescues
- rescuing
- research
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Words ending with TES
Reader questions
What does Respites mean?
A brief interval of rest or relief.
How many letters are in Respites?
Respites has 8 letters.
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