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Rescind
- verb - cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
Reseize
- - To seize again, or a second time.
Reships
- verb - place on a ship again or transfer to another ship; "reship the cargo"
Reskill
- unknown - teach (a person, especially an unemployed person) new skills.
Also reskilled, reskilling and reskills
Respire
- verb - breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety
- draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"
- undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide
Respite
- noun - a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"
- a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
- the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
Resting
- verb - be at rest
- be inactive, refrain from acting; "The committee is resting over the summer"
- be inherent or innate in;
- give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment"
- have a place in relation to something else;
- not move; be in a resting position
- put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying; "Rest your head on my shoulder"
- rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head"
- sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree"
- stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"
- take a short break from one's activities in order to relax