About The Word Reprieve
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Reprieve
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What's The Definition Of Reprieve?
[n] the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
[n] a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence) [n] an interruption in the intensity or amount of something [n] a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort [v] postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution [v] relieve temporarily Synonyms | Synonyms for Reprieve: abatement | hiatus | respite | respite | respite | respite | suspension Related Terms | Find terms related to Reprieve: See Also | break | clemency | defer | defervescence | deliver | ease | hold over | interruption | mercifulness | mercy | postpone | prorogue | put off | put over | relief | remission | remit | remittal | rescue | set back | shelve | subsidence | table | warrant Reprieve In Webster's Dictionary \Re*prieve\ (r?-pr?v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reprieved}
(-pr?vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reprieving}.] [OE. repreven to
reject, disallow, OF. reprover to blame, reproach, condemn
(pres. il reprueve), F. r['e]prouver 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?-pr?v"), 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. |
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