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Reprieve

To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.

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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Clemency 76% connected

Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy.

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Defer 76% connected

To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deliver 76% connected

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ease 76% connected

Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Interruption 76% connected

The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.

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Mercy 76% connected

Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adver…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Postpone 76% connected

To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Prorogue 76% connected

To protract; to prolong; to extend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Relief 76% connected

The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Remit 76% connected

To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rescue 76% connected

To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure…

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Shelve 76% connected

To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.

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Table 76% connected

A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.

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Warrant 76% connected

That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which on…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 4

Defervescence 76% connected

Alt. of Defervescency

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Remission 76% connected

The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Remittal 76% connected

A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits.

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Subsidence 76% connected

Alt. of Subsidency

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Synonym 4

Abatement 92% connected

The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisanc…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hiatus 92% connected

of Hiatus

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Respite 92% connected

A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Suspension 92% connected

The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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