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reprieve — n. 1) to give, grant a reprieve 2) to get, receive a reprieve 3) a reprieve from * * * [rɪ priːv] grant a reprieve receive a reprieve a reprieve from to get to give … Combinatory dictionary
reprieve — Synonyms and related words: absolution, afterthought, amnesty, benevolence, bind, block, blockage, bureaucratic delay, catharsis, cleanse, cleanse away, cleansing, clemency, commiseration, compassion, condolence, delay, delayage, delayed reaction … Moby Thesaurus
Grant DePorter — Grant M. DePorter (born November 7 1964) is a restaurateur from Chicago, U.S., who came to prominence in by|2004 after he paid US$113,824.16 for a baseball which had played a role in the Chicago Cubs defeat in the 2003 National League… … Wikipedia
reprieve — [n] relief of blame, responsibility abatement, abeyance, absolution, acquittal, alleviation, amnesty, anchor*, clearance, clemency, commute, deferment, freeing, let up*, lifeboat*, lifesaver*, mitigation, palliation, pardon, postponement, release … New thesaurus
reprieve — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, temporary ▪ welcome ▪ last minute ▪ He was saved from the electric chair by a last minute reprieve. VERB + REPRIEVE … Collocations dictionary
reprieve — re|prieve1 [rıˈpri:v] n 1.) a delay before something bad happens or continues to happen →↑respite reprieve from ▪ Shoppers will get a temporary reprieve from the new sales tax. 2.) an official order stopping the killing of a prisoner as a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
grant — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ large, substantial ▪ small ▪ full (esp. BrE) ▪ Full student maintenance grants are a thing of the past. (BrE) … Collocations dictionary
reprieve — 1. verb 1) less than two hours ago the governor reprieved Edgerton Syn: grant a stay of execution to, pardon, spare, grant an amnesty to, amnesty; informal let off, let off the hook 2) the project has been reprieved Syn: save, rescue; informal… … Thesaurus of popular words
reprieve ex arbitrio judicis — A reprieve the power to grant which belongs of common right to every tribunal which is invested with authority to award execution. 39 Am J1st Pard § 7 … Ballentine's law dictionary
reprieve — v 1. respite, remit, stay, grant a stay of execution, let off, Inf. let off the hook; continue, grant an extension, Finance. extend, Commerce. indulge; postpone, defer, prorogue, adjourn, suspend, intermit, lay over, put off, stave off, shelve,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
