- 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.
- Going by - Transient - Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a
limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary
relief.