The death row inmate hoped for a Governors reprieve.
"The death row convict was given a REPRIEVE from the Governor."
Her parents reprieved her punishment.
Example sentence - His daughters are leaving for college and giving us a well deserved reprieve from their drama.
There is no root word of reprieve.
I was quite relieved to learn of my reprieve.
I was hoping that my good behavior would qualify me for a reprieve.
Shoppers will get a temporary reprieve from the new sales tax.
Reprieve
The governor of the state gave the convict a reprieve at the last minute, and so he was not executed.
Reprieve is not a suffix or a prefix. It is a noun that means the cancellation or postponement of a punishment or sentence.
A reprieve postpones the implementation of a person's sentence.
the word is Reprieve