REPRIEVE

reprieve, respite

(noun) the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment

reprieve

(noun) a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)

suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement

(noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

reprieve, respite

(noun) a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort

reprieve

(verb) relieve temporarily

reprieve, respite

(verb) postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

reprieve (third-person singular simple present reprieves, present participle reprieving, simple past and past participle reprieved)

(transitive) To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.

(transitive) To bring relief to someone.

(transitive, obsolete) To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).

Noun

reprieve (plural reprieves)

The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.

A document authorizing such an action.

Relief from pain etc, especially temporary.

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*prieve (r-prv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprieved (-prvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reprieving.] Etym: [OE. repreven to reject, disallow, OF. reprover to blame, reproach, condemn (pres. il reprueve), F. réprouver to disapprove, fr. L. reprobare to reject, condemn; pref. re- re- + probare to try, prove. See Prove, and cf. Reprove, Reprobate.]

1. To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days. He reprieves the sinnner from time to time. Rogers.

2. To relieve for a time, or temporarily. Company, thought it may reprieve a man from his melaneholy yet can not secure him from his conscience. South.

Re*prieve" (r-prv"), n.

1. A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death. The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve was sent to suspend the execution for three days. Clarendon.

2. Interval of ease or relief; respite. All that I ask is but a short reprieve, ll I forget to love, and learn to grieve. Denham.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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