last minute reprieve
- eleventh hourLatest possible time
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
- stay of executionTemporary halt to punishment
- rescueSave from harm
- salvationDeliverance from harm
deliverance · clemency · reprieve · narrow escape · saved · death row · miracle · intervention · deadline · buzzer beater · nick of time · gallows · commutation · mercy · lifeline · second chance · relief · suspense
timing of intervention
last minute reprieveearly intervention
Prompt response to emerging problems
advance planning · preventive action · forethought · foresight
outcome direction
last minute reprievecoup de grâce
Merciful finishing blow
final blow · death knell · death warrant · final judgment · death sentence