Saved from execution

• Dealt gently with
• Was merciful to
• Treated with mercy
• Picked up a split, e.g
• Didn't punish
• Gave a reprieve to
• Well, Communist should be allowed to live

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: spare )

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spare \Spare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spared ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sparing .] [AS. sparian, fr. sp[ae]r spare, sparing, saving; akin to D. & G. sparen, OHG. spar?n, Icel. & Sw. spara, Dan. spare See Spare , a.] To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce ...