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reprieve
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort [syn: respite ] an interruption in the intensity or amount of something [syn: suspension , respite , hiatus , abatement ] a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence) ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reprieve \Re*prieve"\ (r?-pr?v"), n. 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. Interval of ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Reprieve can refer to: In criminal proceedings, the act of postponing the enforcement of a sentence, particularly a death sentence, to allow an appeal Reprieve (death sentence) , a criminal punishment pronounced in place of the death penalty in China's ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The cancellation or postponement of a punishment. 2 A document authorizing such an action. 3 Relief from pain etc., especially temporary. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution. 2 ...
Usage examples of reprieve.
Torgau we had all read the letter or heard the news and were convinced that Heinz Berner, by some miracle, had been granted a reprieve.
The Bravo ceased to adjust the disguise of his companion, and the profound stillness which succeeded his remark proved so painful to Antonio, that he felt like one reprieved from suffocation, when he heard the deep respiration that announced the relief of his companion.
The dog was an unkempt black-and-brown mongrel with a reprieved expression.
Alvito was thanking God fervently for His mercy and favor at the unexpected reprieve.
Marie-Jeanne Trumeau was reprieved by personal intervention of Reveillon himself.
It was a typical error of the early days of H2S, and Hamburg gained another reprieve when most of the Main Force dropped their bombs in the wrong place.
But the only defence was insanity, and even when the jury refused to accept it and the judge had to pass sentence of death nearly everybody expected that a reprieve would follow and that the prisoner would go to Broadmoor and not to the scaffold.
The drawdown was not a permanent reprieve, merely an incident in a bureaucratic summer.
The only thing that being married to another scientist had gotten Nate was a reprieve from being asked what he was thinking about while lying in bed in a postcoital cuddle.
Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
I heard that he became a butcher, as did Reg Presley from the Troggs, before he gained a temporary reprieve when some nineties band took one of his songs to the top of the charts again and he got some royalties in.
His eyes darted from the bulkheads to me, and back, slowly taking in his reprieve.
Minna had been allowed such reprieve as her thirty-five cents would purchase.
In Sacramento was a railroad Governor who might reprieve or even pardon bank-wreckers and grafters, but who dared not lift his finger for a workingman.