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respite

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of respite

a short period of time when you are able to stop doing something that is difficult or unpleasant or when something difficult or unpleasant stops or is delayed

The weekend provided a nice respite from the pressures of her job.

a temporary respite

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of respite

break, lull, pause

calm, calmness, hush, peace, peacefulness, placidity, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, restfulness, sereneness, serenity, still, stillness, tranquillity (or tranquility)

silence

mildness, soothingness

comity, concord, harmony

casualness, easygoingness, informality, laid-backness, relaxedness

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of respite

clamor, din, noise, racket

bustle, commotion, hubbub, hurly-burly, pandemonium, tumult, turmoil, unquietness, unrest, uproar

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