expedition vs reprieve

expedition

noun
  • The process or activities of performing expediter tasks. 

  • An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage 

  • The group of people making such excursion. 

  • A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory. 

  • A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose 

verb
  • To take part in a trip or expedition; to travel. 

reprieve

noun
  • A document authorizing such an action. 

  • Relief from pain etc., especially temporary. 

  • A cancellation or postponement of a proposed event undesired by many. 

  • The cancellation or postponement of a punishment. 

verb
  • To abandon or postpone plans to close, withdraw or abolish (something). 

  • To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution. 

  • To bring relief to someone. 

How often have the words expedition and reprieve occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )