Breathing-space Definition

noun

Sufficient space or a span of time in which to recover one's breath.

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A rest, pause, or respite.

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Enough distance so that one can feel unfettered.

Don't fret, in our division you get a lot of breathing space.
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Noun

Singular:
breathing-space
Plural:
breathing-spaces

Origin of Breathing-space

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.

  • 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.

  • This peace, however, did no more than afford a breathing space during which Louis XIV.

  • There was breathing space for a moment in the centre, but the Austrian left now came into action, Krautwald von Annan's III.

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Words Starting With

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