noun, masculine/ʁe.pi/plural: répits
respite, relief (brief interval of rest or relief), break
“Deux tziganes sans répit / Grattent leur guitare / Ranimant du fond des nuits / Toute ma mémoire” — Two Gypsies ceaselessly [without respite] / Strum their guitars / Reawakening from the depths of night / All my memories
Inherited from Old French respit, inherited from Latin respectus. Doublet of respect.