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Showing words for REPRIEVED using the English dictionary
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Definitions for Reprieved
[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 Reprieved
reprieveremission, pardon, deferment, postponement, abatement, respite, clemency, suspension, amnesty, truce, absolution, mitigation, alleviation, spring, stay, commute, acquittal, abeyance, release, clearance
Words nearby Reprieved
reprieverepression, repressive, repressor, repressor gene, reprieval, reprieve, reprimand, reprint, reprisal, reprise, repristinate
Origin of Reprieved
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 Reprieved
re·priev·er , noun
un·re·prieved , adjective
Word origin for Reprieved
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 Reprieved
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