1. 对…缓期执行，撤销…的刑罚
If someone who has been sentenced in a court is reprieved, their punishment is officially delayed or cancelled.

2. (不好或艰难情况的)暂缓，延缓
A reprieve is a delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place.

1. the act of reprieving
postponing or remitting punishment

Synonym: respite

2. a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)

3. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

Synonym: suspensionrespitehiatusabatement

4. a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort

Synonym: respite