Respite means a reprieve, a postponement or delay, a pause, as:
John was grateful that the client's illness gave him a brief respite before he had to make his presentation.
We will have to respite our lunch to a later date.
Having received the death sentence for his act, his only hope was for a reprieve from the Queen.
The convict was thankful for the reprieve and hoped the governor would grant a stay of execution. Reprieve means to delay a sentence of death.
He is due some respite from the braying hordes.
Spring break will provide a much needed reprieve from the pressures of college life.
The prisoners sought a reprieve from theirsentences because they had been falsely convicted.
The person was reprieved of their sentence to life in prison after new evidence was found.
She continued to work without respite.
Her parents reprieved her punishment.
There is no root word of reprieve.
Filing an appeal will postpone the execution of a prisoner sentenced to death.
Postponement, responsibility, and abatement are words. Those mean reprieve.
That is the correct spelling of "reprieve" (to postpone or cancel a judgment, or the delay in execution).
Shoppers will get a temporary reprieve from the new sales tax.
"The death row convict was given a REPRIEVE from the Governor."
Her parents reprieved her punishment.
I was quite relieved to learn of my reprieve.
The death row inmate hoped for a Governors reprieve.
Reprieve
The governor of the state gave the convict a reprieve at the last minute, and so he was not executed.
After working long hours, she welcomed the weekend as a much-needed reprieve from her busy schedule.
Reprieve is not a suffix or a prefix. It is a noun that means the cancellation or postponement of a punishment or sentence.
The governor granted a last-minute reprieve to the convicted prisoner, delaying the execution.
A reprieve postpones the implementation of a person's sentence.
After facing weeks of stressful deadlines, she finally received a reprieve when her boss extended the project's due date.