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reprieve

[ ri-preev ]

verb (used with object)

reprieved, reprieving.
  1. to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person).
  2. to relieve temporarily from any evil.


noun

  1. a respite from impending punishment, as from execution of a sentence of death.
  2. a warrant authorizing this.
  3. any respite or temporary relief.

    Synonyms: , , ,

reprieve

/ °ùɪˈ±è°ù¾±Ë±¹ /

verb

  1. to postpone or remit the punishment of (a person, esp one condemned to death)
  2. to give temporary relief to (a person or thing), esp from otherwise irrevocable harm

    the government has reprieved the company with a huge loan

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a postponement or remission of punishment, esp of a person condemned to death
  2. a warrant granting a postponement
  3. a temporary relief from pain or harm; respite
  4. the act of reprieving or the state of being reprieved
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • °ù±ðˈ±è°ù¾±±ð±¹±ð°ù, noun
  • °ù±ðˈ±è°ù¾±±ð±¹²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • °ù±ð·±è°ù¾±±ð±¹î€½Ä°ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ôr±ð·±è°ù¾±±ð±¹±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of reprieve1

First recorded in 1300–50; perhaps conflation of Middle English repreven “to contradict,†variant of reproven “to rebuke,†apparently taken in literal sense “to prove again, test again,†and Middle English repried (past participle of reprien “to bring backâ€), from Old French reprit (past participle of reprendre “to take backâ€; reprise, reprove,
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of reprieve1

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
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Synonym Study

See pardon.
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Example Sentences

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With a deadline to sell itself or be banned in the U.S. just hours away, TikTok got another last-minute reprieve from President Trump on Friday.

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Still, Freeman said those issues were “nothing to be ever worried about,†and was hoping the team’s rare Sunday off-day would provide him further reprieve.

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A stop at St Matthew's Cathedral, built by the British in 1908 and a place of worship for the country's minority Christian population, was a welcome reprieve.

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After two lower courts sided with Musk, Kaul begged the state's supreme court for an 11th hour reprieve.

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But it remains to be seen whether this will translate into any reprieve.

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