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RESPITE, crim. law. A suspension of a sentence, which is to be executed at a future time. It differs from a pardon, which is in abolition of the crime. (The Free Dictionary by Farlex)

The term used in the relevant section of the Code is the Judge "may respite the execution of the sentence." In criminal law "respite" is defined to mean a temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, a delay, forbearance, or continuation of time. In Mishler v. The Commonwealth (1869), 62 Pa. 60, it was held to mean an interval, a reprieve, suspension of a capital sentence, a delay, forbearance. One standard dictionary defines it as a putting off of that which was appointed, and gives as synonymous a pause, interval, stop, cessation, delay, postponement, a stay. It if often said in popular language of one who is ill, and who has an interval of relief from suffering, that he has had a respite therefrom, meaning that his sufferings had ceased for a time. (Canadian criminal cases annotated)

Clemency may involve the commutation of a sentence, remission of all or part of a sentence, a respite from a sentence (e.g. for a medical condition) or a relief from a specific prohibition. (GOV.UK)