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99%6Exact Match!
noun

• an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

• an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle

• a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls

adjective satellite

• thin and fit

• more than is needed, desired, or required

• not taken up by scheduled activities

• kept in reserve especially for emergency use

• lacking in magnitude or quantity

• lacking embellishment or ornamentation

verb

• refrain from harming

• save or relieve from an experience or action

• give up what is not strictly needed

• use frugally or carefully

44%7Gave a reprieve
verb

• stop blaming or grant forgiveness

• absolve from payment

27%6Reprieve for Pauline
noun

• recovery or preservation from loss or danger

verb

• free from harm or evil

• take forcibly from legal custody

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