Breathing-space synonyms

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breath
Moisture produced by a condensing of the breath, as in cold air
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breather
(Informal) A pause as for rest
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breathing-room
Sufficient space to fit or accomplish something:
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breathing-spell
An opportunity to rest or give thought to a situation; a short respite.
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breathing-place
a short respite
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Breathing-space Sentence Examples

  • The death of Hadrian and the accession of Antoninus Pius (138), however, gave the dispersed people of Palestine a breathing-space.

  • To give his enemies a breathing space when they were hard pressed was an insane proceeding unless he meant to make peace.

  • But Austria and Russia gave him no time for anything but defence, and it was not until the peace of Jassy (1792) that a breathing space was allowed him in Europe, while Bonaparte's invasion of Egypt and Syria soon called for Turkey's strongest efforts and for the time shattered the old-standing French alliance.

  • What it wanted most of all was peace, and by establishing something like a territorial equilibrium the congress did much to win that breathing space which was the cardinal need of all.

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