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Definitions for Reprieve

[1] to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person).
[2] to relieve temporarily from any evil.
[3] a respite from impending punishment, as from execution of a sentence of death.
[4] a warrant authorizing this.
[5] any respite or temporary relief.
[6] to postpone or remit the punishment of (a person, esp one condemned to death)
[7] to give temporary relief to (a person or thing), esp from otherwise irrevocable harm the government has reprieved the company with a huge loan
[8] a postponement or remission of punishment, esp of a person condemned to death
[9] a warrant granting a postponement
[10] a temporary relief from pain or harm; respite
[11] the act of reprieving or the state of being reprieved

Words related to Reprieve

remission, pardon, deferment, postponement, abatement, respite, clemency, suspension, amnesty, truce, absolution, mitigation, alleviation, spring, stay, commute, acquittal, abeyance, release, clearance

Words nearby Reprieve

repression, repressive, repressor, repressor gene, reprieval, reprieve, reprimand, reprint, reprisal, reprise, repristinate

Origin of Reprieve

1300–50; perhaps conflation of Middle English repreven to reprove, apparently taken in literal sense “to test again” (involving postponement), and Middle English repried (past participle) < Old French reprit (see reprise)

Other words from Reprieve

re·priev·er , noun
un·re·prieved , adjective

Word origin for Reprieve

C16: from Old French repris (something) taken back, from reprendre to take back, from Latin reprehendere ; perhaps also influenced by obsolete English repreve to reprove

Synonyms for Reprieve

abatement, absolution, amnesty, clemency, deferment, pardon, postponement, remission, respite, suspension, truce, abeyance, acquittal, alleviation, anchor, clearance, commute, freeing, lifeboat, lifesaver, mitigation, palliation, release, spring, stay, let-up