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noun

reprieve, suspension, commutation, postponement, pause, interval, stop, intermission, recess, rest, break, lull, hiatus, halt, stay, deferment, acquittal, exculpation, pardon, forgiveness, discharge, immunity, deliverance, truce, cessation, interregnum, interruption, adjournment, release, surcease, remission, letup*, breather*; see also delay 1, recess 1.

Antonyms punishment*, condemnation, penalty.

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