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re·prieve
rəˈprēv/
verb
verb: reprieve; 3rd person present: reprieves; past tense: reprieved; past participle: reprieved; gerund or present participle: reprieving
1.
cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death).
"under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved"
synonyms: grant a stay of execution to, pardon, spare, grant an amnesty to, amnesty; More
informallet off, let off the hook
"less than two hours ago the governor reprieved him"
abandon or postpone plans to close or put an end to (something).
"the threatened pits could be reprieved"
synonyms: save, rescue; informaltake off the hit list
"the project has been reprieved"
noun
noun: reprieve; plural noun: reprieves
1.
a cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
synonyms: stay of execution, remission, pardon, amnesty; continuance
"a last-minute reprieve"
rəˈprēv/
verb
verb: reprieve; 3rd person present: reprieves; past tense: reprieved; past participle: reprieved; gerund or present participle: reprieving
1.
cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death).
"under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved"
synonyms: grant a stay of execution to, pardon, spare, grant an amnesty to, amnesty; More
informallet off, let off the hook
"less than two hours ago the governor reprieved him"
abandon or postpone plans to close or put an end to (something).
"the threatened pits could be reprieved"
synonyms: save, rescue; informaltake off the hit list
"the project has been reprieved"
noun
noun: reprieve; plural noun: reprieves
1.
a cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
synonyms: stay of execution, remission, pardon, amnesty; continuance
"a last-minute reprieve"