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Winter Respite Crossword Clue

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noun

• the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid

• warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt

• a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile

verb

• become or cause to become soft or liquid

23%11 Student's delight and teacher's respite
noun

• A school holiday in winter, the date and duration of which depends on the country.

22%6 Break — respite
noun

• an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

• a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)

• a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure

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