- Brief respite - Short pause for rest - Short rest - One who breathes. Hence: (a) One who lives.(b) One who
utters. (c) One who animates or inspires. - That which puts one out of breath, as violent exercise.
- An execution? Pardon? - Brief respite - Let off hook - Respite - Temporary relief - Temporary stay - To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution
of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a
criminal for thirty days.