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KJV Dictionary Definition: respit

respit

RES'PIT, n.

1. Pause; temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest.

Some pause and respit only I require.

2. In law, reprieve; temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender.

3. Delay; forbearance; prolongation of time for the payment of a debt beyond the legal time.

4. The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury, beyond the proper term.

RES'PIT, v.t.

1. To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.

To respit his day-labor with repast.

2. To suspend the execution of a criminal beyond the time limited by the sentence; to delay for a time.

3. To give delay of appearance at court; as, to respit a jury.

respited

RES'PITED, pp. Relieved from labor; allowed a temporary suspension of execution.

respiting

RES'PITING, ppr. Relieving from labor; suspending the execution of a capital offender.