Synonyms:
reprieve, respite
Meaning: a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
Usage examples
They discussed and debated the question all day; but while they hesitated over the reprieve, the prisoner was beyond the law.
The queen's zeal, under colour of tender mercy to the prisoner's soul, induced her to send divines, who harassed her with perpetual disputations; and even a reprieve for three days was granted, in hopes that she should be persuaded during that time to pay, by a timely conversion, some regard to her eternal welfare.