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give respite
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give respite
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Related Words:
surcease
collapse
related words >
abandonment
,
break
,
breakoff
,
breath
,
breather
,
breathing place
,
breathing space
,
breathing spell
,
breathing time
,
catharsis
,
cease
,
ceasing
,
cessation
,
cigarette break
,
cleansing
,
close
,
closing
,
cocktail hour
,
coffee break
,
deliverance
,
desinence
,
desist
,
desistance
,
discharge
,
discontinuance
,
discontinuation
,
discontinue
,
downtime
,
emotional release
,
enforced respite
,
freeing
,
give over
,
halt
,
happy hour
,
interlude
,
intermission
,
knock off
,
leave off
,
letup
,
lull
,
pause
,
purgation
,
purge
,
purging
,
quit
,
recess
,
release
,
relinquishment
,
removal
,
renunciation
,
reprieve
,
respite
,
rest
,
shutdown
,
spell
,
stay
,
stopping
,
suspension
,
tea break
,
termination
,
time out
happy hour
collapse
the time of day when a bar sells alcoholic drinks at a reduced price
related words >
break
,
breath
,
breather
,
breathing place
,
breathing space
,
breathing spell
,
breathing time
,
cigarette break
,
cocktail hour
,
coffee break
,
downtime
,
enforced respite
,
halt
,
interlude
,
intermission
,
letup
,
lull
,
pause
,
recess
,
respite
,
rest
,
spell
,
stay
,
surcease
,
suspension
,
tea break
,
time out
reprieve
collapse
the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
relieve temporarily
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
related words >
absolution
,
afterthought
,
amnesty
,
benevolence
,
bind
,
block
,
blockage
,
bureaucratic delay
,
catharsis
,
cleanse
,
cleanse away
,
cleansing
,
clemency
,
commiseration
,
compassion
,
condolence
,
delay
,
delayage
,
delayed reaction
,
deliver
,
deliverance
,
detention
,
discharge
,
double take
,
dragging
,
emotional release
,
exculpation
,
excuse
,
exemption
,
exoneration
,
favor
,
feeling
,
forbear
,
forbearance
,
forgive
,
forgiveness
,
free
,
free from
,
freeing
,
give quarter
,
give release
,
give respite
,
grace
,
grant a reprieve
,
halt
,
hang-up
,
have mercy upon
,
have pity
,
hindrance
,
holdup
,
humanity
,
immunity
,
indemnity
,
interim
,
intermission
,
intermit
,
jam
,
kindness
,
lag
,
lagging
,
leniency
,
let off
,
let up on
,
logjam
,
melt
,
mercy
,
mitigation
,
moratorium
,
obstruction
,
paperasserie
,
pardon
,
pathos
,
pause
,
pity
,
postponement
,
purgation
,
purge
,
purge away
,
purging
,
quarter
,
red tape
,
red-tapeism
,
red-tapery
,
redemption
,
relax
,
release
,
relent
,
relief
,
remission
,
remission of sin
,
removal
,
remove
,
rescue
,
respite
,
retardance
,
retardation
,
ruth
,
save
,
self-pity
,
shrift
,
slow-up
,
slowdown
,
slowness
,
spare
,
sparing
,
stay
,
stay of execution
,
stop
,
stoppage
,
surcease
,
suspend
,
suspension
,
sympathy
,
take pity on
,
thaw
,
tie-up
,
time lag
,
wait
cleanse
collapse
clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"
purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins; "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"
related words >
beatify
,
bleach
,
bless
,
bowdlerize
,
canonize
,
clarify
,
clean
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
cleanse away
,
clear out
,
consecrate
,
dedicate
,
deliver
,
delouse
,
depurate
,
deterge
,
devote
,
discharge
,
disinfect
,
dry-clean
,
dust
,
dust off
,
enshrine
,
exalt
,
expiate
,
expurgate
,
free
,
free from
,
freshen
,
give release
,
give respite
,
glorify
,
hallow
,
intermit
,
lustrate
,
purge
,
purge away
,
purify
,
reform
,
release
,
remove
,
reprieve
,
saint
,
sanctify
,
sanitize
,
scavenge
,
scour
,
scrub
,
set apart
,
spruce
,
steam-clean
,
sterilize
,
suspend
,
sweep out
,
sweeten
,
tidy
,
wash
,
whiten
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
breather
collapse
related words >
athletics
,
blow
,
break
,
breath
,
breathing place
,
breathing space
,
breathing spell
,
breathing time
,
calisthenics
,
cigarette break
,
cocktail hour
,
coffee break
,
constitutional
,
daily dozen
,
downtime
,
drill
,
enforced respite
,
exercise
,
exercising
,
gymnastic exercises
,
gymnastics
,
halt
,
happy hour
,
interlude
,
intermission
,
isometrics
,
letup
,
lull
,
pause
,
physical education
,
physical jerks
,
practice
,
recess
,
respite
,
rest
,
setting-up exercises
,
spell
,
stay
,
stretch
,
surcease
,
suspension
,
tea break
,
ten
,
time out
,
workout
,
yoga
intermit
collapse
related words >
alternate
,
arrest
,
be here again
,
break
,
break off
,
call a break
,
call time
,
check
,
circle
,
cleanse
,
cleanse away
,
come again
,
come and go
,
come around
,
come round
,
come round again
,
come up again
,
cut off
,
cycle
,
declare a recess
,
defer
,
delay
,
deliver
,
discharge
,
fluctuate
,
free
,
free from
,
give release
,
give respite
,
hold off
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
interlude
,
interrupt
,
interval
,
intervene
,
lack regularity
,
oscillate
,
pause
,
postpone
,
prorogue
,
pulsate
,
pulse
,
purge
,
purge away
,
put off
,
reappear
,
recess
,
recur
,
release
,
remove
,
reoccur
,
repeat
,
reprieve
,
return
,
revolve
,
roll around
,
rotate
,
snap the thread
,
stay
,
suspend
,
take a break
,
take five
,
take ten
,
turn
,
undulate
,
vary
,
wheel
,
wheel around
downtime
collapse
a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions)
related words >
break
,
breath
,
breather
,
breathing place
,
breathing space
,
breathing spell
,
breathing time
,
cigarette break
,
cocktail hour
,
coffee break
,
enforced respite
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
halt
,
happy hour
,
holiday
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
letup
,
lull
,
off-time
,
pause
,
plateau
,
point of repose
,
quiet spell
,
recess
,
relief
,
respite
,
rest
,
resting point
,
spell
,
stay
,
surcease
,
suspension
,
tea break
,
time off
,
time out
,
vacation
time out
collapse
related words >
break
,
breath
,
breather
,
breathing place
,
breathing space
,
breathing spell
,
breathing time
,
check in
,
check off
,
check out
,
cigarette break
,
clock in
,
clock out
,
cocktail hour
,
coffee break
,
downtime
,
enforced respite
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
halt
,
happy hour
,
holiday
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
letup
,
lull
,
off-time
,
pause
,
plateau
,
point of repose
,
punch in
,
punch out
,
punch the clock
,
quiet spell
,
recess
,
relief
,
respite
,
rest
,
resting point
,
ring in
,
ring out
,
sign out
,
spell
,
stay
,
surcease
,
suspension
,
tea break
,
time in
,
time off
,
vacation
phonate
collapse
related words >
articulate
,
breathe
,
chime
,
chorus
,
come out with
,
communicate
,
convey
,
deliver
,
disclose
,
emit
,
enunciate
,
express
,
fling off
,
formulate
,
give
,
give expression
,
give out with
,
give tongue
,
give utterance
,
give voice
,
impart
,
let out
,
lip
,
out with
,
phrase
,
pour forth
,
present
,
pronounce
,
put forth
,
put in words
,
raise
,
say
,
set forth
,
sound
,
tell
,
throw off
,
utter
,
verbalize
,
vocalize
,
voice
,
whisper
,
word
deliver
collapse
deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students"
utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered a cry of joy"
bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super market delivers"
throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball; "The pitcher delivered the ball"
carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left"
save from sins
related words >
abalienate
,
administer
,
affranchise
,
alien
,
alienate
,
amortize
,
announce
,
articulate
,
assign
,
barter
,
bear
,
bequeath
,
born
,
breathe
,
bring
,
bring forth
,
bring out
,
broach
,
broadcast
,
carry
,
carry over
,
cart
,
cast
,
cede
,
chime
,
chime in
,
chorus
,
circulate
,
cleanse
,
cleanse away
,
come across with
,
come out with
,
commit
,
communicate
,
confer
,
consign
,
convey
,
deal
,
declare
,
deed
,
deed over
,
deliver over
,
demise
,
deport
,
devolve upon
,
diffuse
,
direct
,
disburden
,
discharge
,
disclose
,
disencumber
,
disenthrall
,
dispatch
,
dispense
,
disseminate
,
distribute
,
emancipate
,
emit
,
enfeoff
,
enfranchise
,
enunciate
,
exchange
,
expel
,
export
,
express
,
extract
,
extradite
,
extricate
,
feed
,
find
,
fire
,
fling
,
fling off
,
fork over
,
formulate
,
forward
,
free
,
free from
,
give
,
give birth to
,
give expression
,
give in
,
give out
,
give out with
,
give over
,
give release
,
give respite
,
give title to
,
give tongue
,
give up
,
give utterance
,
give voice
,
hand
,
hand down
,
hand forward
,
hand in
,
hand on
,
hand out
,
hand over
,
hurl
,
impart
,
import
,
inflict
,
intermit
,
launch
,
let out
,
liberate
,
lip
,
make known
,
make over
,
manumit
,
metastasize
,
metathesize
,
negotiate
,
out with
,
pass
,
pass on
,
pass out
,
pass over
,
pass the buck
,
perform
,
perfuse
,
phonate
,
phrase
,
pitch
,
pour forth
,
present
,
proclaim
,
produce
,
promulgate
,
pronounce
,
provide
,
publish
,
purge
,
purge away
,
purvey
,
put forth
,
put in words
,
raise
,
ransom
,
reach
,
read
,
recover
,
redeem
,
relay
,
release
,
relinquish
,
remove
,
render
,
reprieve
,
rescue
,
resign
,
retrieve
,
salvage
,
save
,
say
,
sell
,
send
,
set at large
,
set at liberty
,
set forth
,
set free
,
settle
,
settle on
,
shoot
,
sign away
,
sign over
,
sound
,
spread
,
state
,
strike
,
supply
,
surrender
,
suspend
,
switch
,
tell
,
throw
,
throw off
,
trade
,
transfer
,
transfer property
,
transfuse
,
translate
,
translocate
,
transmit
,
transplace
,
transplant
,
transport
,
transpose
,
turn over
,
utter
,
vent
,
verbalize
,
vocalize
,
voice
,
whisper
,
word
,
yield
give in
collapse
related words >
back down
,
bow to
,
break off combat
,
cave in
,
cease resistance
,
circulate
,
come across with
,
deliver
,
deliver over
,
distribute
,
fork over
,
forward
,
give ground
,
give out
,
give over
,
give up
,
give way
,
hand
,
hand in
,
hand it to
,
hand out
,
hand over
,
lose face
,
pass
,
pass out
,
pass over
,
quit the field
,
reach
,
render
,
resign
,
surrender
,
transfer
,
turn over
,
yield
,
yield the palm
verbalize
collapse
convert into a verb; "many English nouns have become verbalized"
be verbose; "This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious"
related words >
air
,
articulate
,
breathe
,
chime
,
chorus
,
come out with
,
communicate
,
convey
,
couch in terms
,
deliver
,
disclose
,
emit
,
enunciate
,
express
,
fling off
,
formulate
,
give
,
give expression
,
give out with
,
give tongue
,
give utterance
,
give voice
,
impart
,
let out
,
lip
,
out with
,
phonate
,
phrase
,
pour forth
,
present
,
pronounce
,
put forth
,
put in words
,
raise
,
say
,
set forth
,
sound
,
state
,
talk
,
tell
,
throw off
,
utter
,
vent
,
ventilate
,
vocalize
,
voice
,
whisper
,
word
chew out
collapse
related words >
bawl out
,
carpet
,
chew
,
chew ass
,
cuss out
,
give a going-over
,
give hail Columbia
,
give hell
,
give the deuce
,
give what-for
,
jack up
,
jaw
,
lambaste
,
ream
,
ream ass
,
ream out
,
revile
,
sit on
,
tell off
,
tongue-lash
,
vituperate
,
wig
cuss out
collapse
related words >
abuse
,
bawl out
,
blackguard
,
call names
,
chew
,
chew ass
,
chew out
,
damn
,
epithet
,
epithetize
,
give a going-over
,
give hail Columbia
,
give hell
,
give the deuce
,
give what-for
,
jack up
,
lambaste
,
ream
,
ream ass
,
ream out
,
revile
,
sit on
,
swear at
,
vilify
,
vituperate
make possible
collapse
make accessible; "This answer opens the door to new objections"
related words >
OK
,
accord
,
admit
,
allow
,
consent
,
dispense
,
enable
,
give leave
,
give permission
,
give the go-ahead
,
give the word
,
grant
,
leave
,
let
,
okay
,
permit
,
release
,
say the word
,
vouchsafe
bawl out
collapse
related words >
berate
,
bless
,
carpet
,
chew
,
chew ass
,
chew out
,
condemn
,
cuss out
,
denounce
,
give a going-over
,
give hail Columbia
,
give hell
,
give the deuce
,
give what-for
,
jack up
,
lambaste
,
lash
,
ream
,
ream ass
,
ream out
,
sit on
,
tell off
,
tongue-lash
,
upbraid
,
wig
coffee break
collapse
a snack taken during a break in the work day; "a ten-minute coffee break"; "the British have tea breaks"
related words >
TV dinner
,
alfresco meal
,
barbecue
,
break
,
breakfast
,
breath
,
breather
,
breathing place
,
breathing space
,
breathing spell
,
breathing time
,
brunch
,
buffet supper
,
cigarette break
,
clambake
,
cocktail hour
,
cookout
,
diner
,
dinner
,
downtime
,
elevenses
,
enforced respite
,
fish fry
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
halt
,
happy hour
,
high tea
,
holiday
,
hot luncheon
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
letup
,
lull
,
lunch
,
luncheon
,
mash
,
meat breakfast
,
off-time
,
pause
,
petit dejeuner
,
picnic
,
plateau
,
point of repose
,
quiet spell
,
recess
,
relief
,
respite
,
rest
,
resting point
,
spell
,
stay
,
supper
,
surcease
,
suspension
,
tea
,
tea break
,
teatime
,
tiffin
,
time off
,
time out
,
vacation
,
wiener roast
,
wienie roast
vouchsafe
collapse
grant in a condescending manner
related words >
OK
,
accord
,
administer
,
admit
,
afford
,
allot
,
allow
,
award
,
bestow
,
bestow on
,
communicate
,
condescend
,
confer
,
consent
,
deal
,
deal out
,
deign
,
descend
,
dish out
,
dispense
,
dole
,
dole out
,
donate
,
extend
,
fork out
,
gift
,
gift with
,
give
,
give freely
,
give leave
,
give out
,
give permission
,
give the go-ahead
,
give the word
,
give up
,
grant
,
hand out
,
heap
,
help to
,
impart
,
issue
,
lavish
,
leave
,
let
,
let have
,
lower oneself
,
make possible
,
mete
,
mete out
,
offer
,
okay
,
permit
,
pour
,
present
,
proffer
,
rain
,
release
,
render
,
say the word
,
serve
,
shell out
,
shower
,
slip
,
snow
,
stoop
,
suffer
,
supply
,
tender
,
yield
fling off
collapse
related words >
articulate
,
breathe
,
cast off
,
chime
,
chorus
,
come out with
,
communicate
,
convey
,
deliver
,
disclose
,
dispel
,
do away with
,
eliminate
,
emit
,
enunciate
,
express
,
exterminate
,
fling out
,
flounce out
,
formulate
,
get rid of
,
give
,
give expression
,
give out with
,
give tongue
,
give utterance
,
give voice
,
impart
,
let out
,
lip
,
liquidate
,
out with
,
phonate
,
phrase
,
pour forth
,
present
,
pronounce
,
purge
,
put forth
,
put in words
,
raise
,
say
,
set forth
,
shake off
,
shoo
,
sound
,
tell
,
throw away
,
throw off
,
utter
,
verbalize
,
vocalize
,
voice
,
whisper
,
word
dedicate
collapse
set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church
inscribe or address by way of compliment; "She dedicated her book to her parents"
open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building; "The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes"
related words >
address
,
allot
,
apply
,
appropriate
,
assign
,
beatify
,
bless
,
canonize
,
cleanse
,
commit
,
confide
,
consecrate
,
consign
,
devote
,
direct
,
enshrine
,
entrust
,
exalt
,
give
,
give over
,
give over to
,
give up
,
glorify
,
hallow
,
inscribe
,
offer
,
pledge
,
purify
,
saint
,
sanctify
,
set
,
set apart
,
surrender
,
yield
give ground
collapse
related words >
back down
,
back out
,
beat a retreat
,
break off combat
,
cave in
,
cease resistance
,
disengage
,
draw back
,
draw off
,
fall back
,
give in
,
give place
,
give up
,
give way
,
go back
,
move back
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
quit the field
,
retire
,
retreat
,
run back
,
stand back
,
withdraw
,
yield
acquaint
collapse
inform; "Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move"
related words >
accustom
,
advertise
,
advertise of
,
advise
,
apprise
,
brief
,
bring word
,
clue
,
communicate
,
disclose
,
divulge
,
do the honors
,
enlighten
,
familiarize
,
fill in
,
give a knockdown
,
give an introduction
,
give notice
,
give the facts
,
give word
,
habituate
,
inform
,
instruct
,
introduce
,
leave word
,
let know
,
make acquainted
,
mention to
,
notify
,
post
,
present
,
quaint
,
report
,
reveal
,
send word
,
serve notice
,
speak
,
tell
,
verse
,
warn
take a crack at
collapse
related words >
cut and thrust
,
feint
,
flail at
,
flail away at
,
give a fling
,
give a go
,
give a try
,
give a whirl
,
hit at
,
lash out at
,
let drive at
,
let fly at
,
lunge at
,
make a try
,
poke at
,
strike at
,
strike out at
,
swing at
,
swing on
,
tackle
,
take on
,
thrust at
break the news
collapse
related words >
air
,
announce
,
break it to
,
breathe
,
bring word
,
come out with
,
confide
,
confide to
,
divulgate
,
divulge
,
evulgate
,
give a report
,
give out
,
give tidings of
,
give vent to
,
inform
,
let get around
,
let in on
,
let out
,
make known
,
out with
,
publish
,
rehearse
,
relate
,
report
,
reveal
,
rumor
,
tell
,
utter
,
vent
,
ventilate
,
write up
ten
collapse
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
being one more than nine
related words >
Big Dick
,
Decalogue
,
Ten Commandments
,
X
,
blow
,
breath
,
breather
,
breathing
,
decade
,
decagon
,
decagram
,
decahedron
,
decaliter
,
decameter
,
decare
,
decastere
,
decastyle
,
decasyllable
,
decemvir
,
decemvirate
,
decennary
,
decennium
,
decigram
,
deciliter
,
decimeter
,
decurion
,
respite
,
tenner
give the word
collapse
related words >
OK
,
accord
,
admit
,
allow
,
bid
,
call on
,
call the signals
,
call upon
,
charge
,
command
,
commission
,
consent
,
declare
,
decree
,
dictate
,
direct
,
dispense
,
enjoin
,
give an order
,
give leave
,
give permission
,
give the go-ahead
,
grant
,
instruct
,
issue a command
,
issue a writ
,
leave
,
let
,
make possible
,
mandate
,
okay
,
ordain
,
order
,
order about
,
permit
,
proclaim
,
promulgate
,
pronounce
,
release
,
rule
,
say the word
,
vouchsafe
say the word
collapse
related words >
OK
,
accord
,
admit
,
allow
,
bid
,
call on
,
call the signals
,
call upon
,
charge
,
command
,
commission
,
consent
,
declare
,
decree
,
dictate
,
direct
,
dispense
,
enjoin
,
give an order
,
give leave
,
give permission
,
give the go-ahead
,
give the word
,
grant
,
instruct
,
issue a command
,
issue a writ
,
leave
,
let
,
make possible
,
mandate
,
okay
,
ordain
,
order
,
order about
,
permit
,
proclaim
,
promulgate
,
pronounce
,
release
,
rule
,
vouchsafe
come back at
collapse
related words >
acknowledge
,
answer
,
answer back
,
come back
,
counter
,
echo
,
flash back
,
get back at
,
give acknowledgment
,
give and take
,
give answer
,
give in exchange
,
give in return
,
hit back at
,
react
,
reciprocate
,
reecho
,
rejoin
,
reply
,
respond
,
retaliate
,
retort
,
return
,
return answer
,
return for answer
,
reverberate
,
riposte
,
say
,
say in reply
,
shoot back
,
snap back
,
strike back
,
take the bait
,
talk back
jack up
collapse
related words >
add to
,
aggrandize
,
amplify
,
augment
,
bawl out
,
boost
,
broaden
,
build
,
build up
,
chew
,
chew ass
,
chew out
,
cuss out
,
enlarge
,
exalt
,
expand
,
extend
,
fatten
,
fill out
,
give a going-over
,
give hail Columbia
,
give hell
,
give the deuce
,
give what-for
,
hike
,
hike up
,
increase
,
inflate
,
jump
,
jump up
,
lambaste
,
lengthen
,
maximize
,
parlay
,
put up
,
pyramid
,
raise
,
ream
,
ream ass
,
ream out
,
sit on
,
thicken
,
up
suspend
collapse
cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"
make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"
hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"
bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended"
related words >
abolish
,
abrogate
,
adjourn
,
annul
,
arrest
,
attach
,
blackball
,
boot
,
bounce
,
break
,
break off
,
bump
,
bust
,
can
,
cancel
,
cashier
,
cease
,
check
,
cleanse
,
cleanse away
,
continue
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
cut off
,
dangle
,
debar
,
deconsecrate
,
defer
,
defrock
,
degrade
,
delay
,
deliver
,
demote
,
depend
,
deplume
,
depose
,
deprive
,
dethrone
,
disannul
,
disbar
,
discharge
,
discontinue
,
discrown
,
disemploy
,
disenthrone
,
dismiss
,
displace
,
displume
,
do away with
,
drag out
,
drum out
,
eject
,
eliminate
,
evict
,
exclude
,
excommunicate
,
expel
,
extend
,
fasten
,
fasten up
,
fire
,
free
,
free from
,
furlough
,
give release
,
give respite
,
give the ax
,
give the gate
,
hang
,
hang fire
,
hang up
,
hold off
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
intermit
,
interrupt
,
invalidate
,
kick
,
kick upstairs
,
lay aside
,
lay by
,
lay off
,
lay over
,
let go
,
let out
,
liquidate
,
make redundant
,
make void
,
nullify
,
oust
,
override
,
overrule
,
overthrow
,
pension
,
pension off
,
pigeonhole
,
postpone
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
purge
,
purge away
,
push aside
,
put aside
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
put up
,
read out of
,
recall
,
recant
,
recess
,
reject
,
release
,
remove
,
remove from office
,
renege
,
repeal
,
replace
,
reprieve
,
rescind
,
reserve
,
retire
,
retract
,
reverse
,
revoke
,
sack
,
separate forcibly
,
set aside
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
sleep on
,
sling
,
snap the thread
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
stop
,
stretch out
,
strip
,
strip of office
,
strip of rank
,
superannuate
,
surplus
,
swing
,
table
,
take a break
,
take a recess
,
turn off
,
turn out
,
unchurch
,
unfrock
,
unsaddle
,
unseat
,
unthrone
,
vacate
,
void
,
waive
,
withdraw
,
withhold
,
write off
lend a hand
collapse
related words >
abet
,
aid
,
assist
,
avail
,
bail out
,
bear a hand
,
befriend
,
benefit
,
comfort
,
do good
,
doctor
,
ease
,
favor
,
give a boost
,
give a hand
,
give a lift
,
give help
,
help
,
lend one aid
,
proffer aid
,
protect
,
rally
,
reclaim
,
redeem
,
relieve
,
remedy
,
render assistance
,
rescue
,
restore
,
resuscitate
,
revive
,
save
,
set up
,
succor
,
take in tow
notify
collapse
related words >
acquaint
,
admonish
,
advertise
,
advertise of
,
advise
,
alert
,
announce
,
apprise
,
brief
,
bring word
,
caution
,
communicate
,
cry havoc
,
declare
,
disclose
,
enlighten
,
familiarize
,
forerun
,
give fair warning
,
give notice
,
give the facts
,
give warning
,
give word
,
harbinger
,
herald
,
hint
,
inform
,
instruct
,
intimate
,
issue an ultimatum
,
leave word
,
let know
,
mention to
,
preannounce
,
proclaim
,
publish
,
report
,
run before
,
send word
,
serve notice
,
sound the alarm
,
speak
,
tell
,
threaten
,
tip
,
tip off
,
utter a caveat
,
verse
,
warn
,
warn against
entrust
collapse
confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care"
related words >
accredit
,
allocate
,
allot
,
assign
,
authorize
,
carry
,
charge
,
charter
,
commend
,
commission
,
commit
,
confer
,
confide
,
consign
,
delegate
,
depute
,
deputize
,
detach
,
detail
,
devolute
,
devolve
,
devolve upon
,
empower
,
enfeoff
,
extend credit
,
give credit
,
give in charge
,
give in trust
,
give tick
,
hand
,
impose
,
infeudate
,
license
,
mission
,
post
,
relegate
,
remand
,
remit
,
sell on credit
,
send out
,
transfer
,
trust
,
warrant
notarize
collapse
authenticate as a notary; "We had to have the signature notarized"
related words >
OK
,
accept
,
accredit
,
affirm
,
amen
,
approve
,
authenticate
,
authorize
,
autograph
,
certify
,
confirm
,
cosign
,
countersign
,
endorse
,
give permission
,
give the go-ahead
,
give the imprimatur
,
give thumbs up
,
initial
,
pass
,
pass on
,
pass upon
,
permit
,
ratify
,
rubber stamp
,
sanction
,
say amen to
,
seal
,
second
,
sign
,
sign and seal
,
subscribe to
,
support
,
swear and affirm
,
swear to
,
undersign
,
underwrite
,
validate
,
visa
,
vise
,
warrant
intermission
collapse
the act of suspending activity temporarily
related words >
abeyance
,
act
,
afterpiece
,
bit
,
breach
,
break
,
breath
,
breather
,
breathing place
,
breathing space
,
breathing spell
,
breathing time
,
caesura
,
catharsis
,
cease-fire
,
cessation
,
chaser
,
cigarette break
,
cleansing
,
cocktail hour
,
coffee break
,
cold storage
,
curtain
,
curtain call
,
curtain raiser
,
day off
,
deliverance
,
discharge
,
divertimento
,
divertissement
,
doldrums
,
dormancy
,
downtime
,
drop
,
emotional release
,
enforced respite
,
epilogue
,
exode
,
exodus
,
expository scene
,
finale
,
fissure
,
freeing
,
gap
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
halt
,
happy hour
,
hesitation
,
hiatus
,
hoke act
,
holiday
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
introduction
,
lacuna
,
lapse
,
latency
,
layoff
,
letup
,
lull
,
number
,
off-time
,
parenthesis
,
pause
,
plateau
,
point of repose
,
prologue
,
purgation
,
purge
,
purging
,
quiescence
,
quiescency
,
quiet spell
,
recess
,
release
,
relief
,
remission
,
removal
,
reprieve
,
respite
,
rest
,
resting point
,
routine
,
scene
,
shtick
,
sketch
,
skit
,
song and dance
,
spell
,
stand-down
,
stand-up comedy act
,
stay
,
striptease
,
surcease
,
suspension
,
tea break
,
time off
,
time out
,
truce
,
turn
,
vacation
hark
collapse
listen; used mostly in the imperative
related words >
NB
,
attend
,
attend to
,
auscultate
,
be all ears
,
bend an ear
,
bug
,
cock the ears
,
eavesdrop
,
examine by ear
,
give attention
,
give audience to
,
give ear
,
give ear to
,
hear
,
hear out
,
hearken
,
hearken to
,
heed
,
intercept
,
lend an ear
,
listen
,
listen at
,
listen in
,
listen to
,
mark
,
mind
,
note
,
notice
,
remark
,
sit in on
,
tap
,
wiretap
give birth to
collapse
related words >
author
,
bear
,
beget
,
birth
,
breed
,
bring about
,
bring forth
,
bring to birth
,
bring to effect
,
bring to pass
,
cause
,
conceive
,
create
,
do
,
effect
,
effectuate
,
engender
,
establish
,
father
,
found
,
generate
,
gestate
,
give occasion to
,
give origin to
,
give rise to
,
inaugurate
,
institute
,
make
,
mother
,
occasion
,
originate
,
procreate
,
produce
,
realize
,
set afloat
,
set on foot
,
set up
,
sire
,
work
respite
collapse
a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"
related words >
abeyance
,
afterthought
,
bind
,
block
,
blockage
,
blow
,
break
,
breath
,
breather
,
breathing
,
breathing place
,
breathing space
,
breathing spell
,
breathing time
,
bureaucratic delay
,
caesura
,
catharsis
,
cease-fire
,
cigarette break
,
cleansing
,
cocktail hour
,
coffee break
,
day off
,
delay
,
delayage
,
delayed reaction
,
deliverance
,
detention
,
discharge
,
double take
,
downtime
,
dragging
,
drop
,
emotional release
,
enforced respite
,
extension
,
freeing
,
grace
,
grant a reprieve
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
halt
,
hang-up
,
happy hour
,
hesitation
,
hiatus
,
hindrance
,
holdup
,
holiday
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
jam
,
lag
,
lagging
,
lapse
,
layoff
,
letup
,
logjam
,
lull
,
moratorium
,
obstruction
,
off-time
,
paperasserie
,
pause
,
plateau
,
point of repose
,
postponement
,
purgation
,
purge
,
purging
,
quiet spell
,
recess
,
red tape
,
red-tapeism
,
red-tapery
,
release
,
relief
,
remission
,
removal
,
reprieve
,
rest
,
resting point
,
retardance
,
retardation
,
slow-up
,
slowdown
,
slowness
,
spell
,
stand-down
,
stay
,
stay of execution
,
stop
,
stoppage
,
surcease
,
suspension
,
tea break
,
tie-up
,
time lag
,
time off
,
time out
,
truce
,
vacation
,
wait
leave word
collapse
related words >
acquaint
,
advertise
,
advertise of
,
advise
,
apprise
,
brief
,
bring word
,
broadcast
,
communicate
,
convey
,
disclose
,
disseminate
,
enlighten
,
familiarize
,
get across
,
get over
,
give
,
give notice
,
give the facts
,
give word
,
hand on
,
impart
,
inform
,
instruct
,
let know
,
make known
,
mention to
,
notify
,
pass
,
pass along
,
pass on
,
render
,
report
,
send
,
send word
,
serve notice
,
share
,
share with
,
signal
,
speak
,
tell
,
transfer
,
transmit
,
verse
quiet spell
collapse
related words >
break
,
coffee break
,
downtime
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
holiday
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
letup
,
lull
,
off-time
,
pause
,
plateau
,
point of repose
,
recess
,
relief
,
respite
,
resting point
,
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