respite <EXO8 -15> But when Pharaoh saw that there was {respite}, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
respite <1SA11 -3> And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' {respite}, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if [there be] no man to save us, we will come out to thee.

 
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