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Synonyms for respite
The synonym for respite recorded in this bank is relief, in the sense "a short period of rest or relief from something difficult". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for respite
- reliefnoun, in the sense "a short period of rest or relief from something difficult"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day respite is audited in a second meaning.
a short period of rest or relief from something difficult
The rain finally stopped, giving the farmers a brief respite.
The true synonym
relief
Same sentence, swapped: The rain finally stopped, giving the farmers a brief relief.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for respite in the sentence quoted.
- deadline
- drought
- downpour
Where respite turns up in the game
respite is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where respite is the trap
- hesitationnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is falter, in the sense "the act of pausing uncertainly", and respite is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play respite
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so respite reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because time is the company respite keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. respite carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.