Reprieve

[Re*prieve]

A reprieve is a break in or cancellation of a painful or otherwise lousy situation. If you're being tortured, a reprieve is a break from whatever's tormenting you.

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To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.

Noun
the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment

Noun
a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)

Noun
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

Noun
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort

Verb
relieve temporarily

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Verb
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

v. t.
To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.

v. t.
To relieve for a time, or temporarily.

n.
A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death.

n.
Interval of ease or relief; respite.

Reprieve

Re*prieve (r?-pr?v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprieved (-pr?vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reprieving.] [OE. repreven to reject, disallow, OF. reprover to blame, reproach, condemn (pres. il reprueve), F. r'82prouver to disapprove, fr. L. reprobare to reject, condemn; pref. re- re- + probare to try, prove. See Prove, and cf. Reprove, Reprobate.] 1. To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.
He reprieves the sinnner from time to time.
2. To relieve for a time, or temporarily.
Company, thought it may reprieve a man from his melaneholy yet can not secure him from his conscience.

Reprieve

Re*prieve" (r?-pr?v"), n. 1. A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death.
The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve was sent to suspend the execution for three days. Clarendon. 2. Interval of ease or relief; respite.
All that I ask is but a short reprieve, ll I forget to love, and learn to grieve.

To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.

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Usage Examples

Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time.

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