1. (n.) The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.

2. (n.) Relief from toil or suffering: rest.

3. (n.) Interval; intermission.

4. (n.) The act of respiring or breathing; the act of taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those processes by which oxygen is introduced into the system, and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.

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