reprieve
1571, in sense of “to take back to prison”, from Middle English repryen ("to remand, detain") (1494), probably from Middle French repris, form of reprendre ("take back"); cognate to reprise. Pronunciation
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1571, in sense of “to take back to prison”, from Middle English repryen ("to remand, detain") (1494), probably from Middle French repris, form of reprendre ("take back"); cognate to reprise. Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɹɪˈpɹiːv/
reprieve (reprieves, present participle reprieving; past and past participle reprieved)
- (transitive) To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
- (transitive) To bring relief to someone.
- Company […] may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet it cannot secure him from his conscience.
- (transitive, obsolete) To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).
reprieve (plural reprieves)
- The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
- A document authorizing such an action.
- Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
- French: grâce
- German: Begnadigung, Strafaufschub, Galgenfrist, Gnadenfrist, Vollzugsaufschub, Frist, Atempause, Aufschub
- Russian: отсрочка
- German: Erlösung, Erleichterung, Atempause
- Spanish: gracia
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