- 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.
- Rest for a while - Temporary stay - To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a
temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a
permanent habitation; to delay; to tarry. - A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a
foreign land.