Question

respite

Accepted Answer

(RESS-pit), nounA temporary delay from something distressing.“Sweet Flower of Hope! free Nature’s genial child! / That didst so fair disclose thy early bloom, / Filling the wide air with a rich perfume! / For thee in vain all heavenly aspects smiled; / From the hard world brief RESPITE could they win …” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet

Front	respite
Back	(RESS-pit), noun A temporary delay from something distressing. “Sweet Flower of Hope! free Nature’s genial child! / That didst so fair disclose thy early bloom, / Filling the wide air with a rich perfume! / For thee in vain all heavenly aspects smiled; / From the hard world brief RESPITE could they win …” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet

Respite Ress Pit Noun Temporary Delay Distressing Sweet Flower