reprieve

reprieve
v
1. respite, remit, stay, grant a stay of execution, let off, Inf. let off the hook; continue, grant an extension, Finance. extend, Commerce. indulge; postpone, defer, prorogue, adjourn, suspend, intermit, lay over, put off, stave off, shelve, table, hold in abeyance, reschedule; delay, stall, wait, hold off, procrastinate; stem, check, hold up.
2. relieve, alleviate, allay, assuage, mitigate, palliate; commute, ease up or off, slacken up, loosen up, relax, grant a breathing spell, Archaic. slake.
n
3. respite, remission, stay, stay of execution, protraction, extension, continuation, Law. continuance; postponement, deferment, deferral, delay, prorogation, suspension, abeyance, adjournment, intermission.
4. relief, alleviation, assuagement, mitigation, palliation; easing up or off, slackening up, loosening up, relaxation, hiatus, breather, breathing spell, Inf. letup, Rom. Cath. Ch. dispensation.

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