punishment vs reprieve

punishment

noun
  • The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction. 

  • A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime. 

  • Any harsh treatment or experience; rough handling. 

  • A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution 

reprieve

noun
  • The cancellation or postponement of a punishment. 

  • A document authorizing such an action. 

  • Relief from pain etc., especially temporary. 

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

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 punishment and reprieve occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )