Both Uses
respite
in
1984, by Orwell
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- A Party member is expected to have no private emotions and no respites from enthusiasm.†
p. 211.8 *
- It was he who decided when Winston should scream with pain, when he should have a respite, when he should be fed, when he should sleep, when the drugs should be pumped into his arm.†
p. 243.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(respite) a temporary relief from harm or discomfort
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)