reprieved

Edward wandered through those brief years like a confused and happy child reprieved from a prolonged punishment, not quite able to believe his luck.

Think of England 2007

Edward wandered through those brief years like a confused and happy child reprieved from a prolonged punishment, not quite able to believe his luck.

Think of England 2007

He had been imprisoned after being reprieved from a death sentence handed down by General Victoriano Huerta, the usurper who would overthrow Francisco Madero in February 1913.

Pancho Villa as a German Agent... 2006

He had been imprisoned after being reprieved from a death sentence handed down by General Victoriano Huerta, the usurper who would overthrow Francisco Madero in February 1913.

Pancho Villa as a German Agent... 2006

Clarke is reprieved, which is a pity for Ali Cook, because the next ball, Pup slogs very hard at one and smacks it right into Cook's bottom at short leg.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

Smith's poor call reprieved Strauss for his decision to bowl first in that game in conditions which were ideal for batting.

Evening Standard - Home 2010

1968 - Three black men, two of whom were "reprieved" by Queen

ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

1968 - Three Rhodesian black men, two of whom are "reprieved" by Britain's Queen Elizabeth, are hanged in Rhodesia.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

They experienced directly a conflict of powers, one hostile to the harvest, the other frightening but beneficial: the thunderstorm reprieved them in the nick of time by defeating and utterly destroying the drought.

In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

In 2007-08 they were again reprieved due to one liquidation and two teams being expelled from the league.

The Knowledge | Which teams have topped the table for the first time on the final day? 2012