Reprieve
11reprieve — 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 …
12Reprieve — *A reprieve is a postponement of the execution of a sentence imposed by a court.Reprieve can refer to: * In criminal proceedings, the act of clemency * Reprieve (organisation), a group of organisations working against the death penalty * Reprieve …
13reprieve — 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… …
14reprieve — [[t]rɪpri͟ːv[/t]] reprieves, reprieving, reprieved 1) VERB: usu passive, no cont If someone who has been sentenced in a court is reprieved, their punishment is officially delayed or cancelled. [be V ed] Fourteen people, waiting to be hanged for… …
15reprieve — I UK [rɪˈpriːv] / US [rɪˈprɪv] verb [transitive] Word forms reprieve : present tense I/you/we/they reprieve he/she/it reprieves present participle reprieving past tense reprieved past participle reprieved 1) to stop or delay something bad that… …
16reprieve — I. transitive verb (reprieved; reprieving) Etymology: probably blend of obsolete repreve to reprove (from Middle English) and obsolete repry to remand, postpone, from Anglo French repri , past stem of reprendre to take back Date: 1596 1. to delay …
17reprieve — 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 …
18reprieve — re|prieve1 [ rı priv ] noun count 1. ) a decision to stop or delay something bad that was going to happen 2. ) an official decision not to kill someone who was going to be killed as a punishment reprieve re|prieve 2 [ rı priv ] verb transitive 1 …
19reprieve — [16] Reprieve originally meant ‘send back to prison’ (‘Of this treason he was found guilty, and reprieved in the Tower a long time’, Edmund Campion, History of Ireland 1571), but since this was often the alternative to execution, the word soon… …
20reprieve — 1 verb (transitive usually passive) to officially stop a prisoner from being killed as a punishment 2 noun (C) an official order stopping the killing of a prisoner as a punishment: A last minute reprieve saved him …
