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reprieve
Found in thesaurus: relief, break, mercifulness, clemency, remit, shelve, defer, hold over, postpone, deliver
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reprieve
v.
delay a punishment (esp. death sentence); provide temporary relief
n.
respite from a sentence, delay or commutation of a punishment (esp. death sentence); postponement, delay
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Reprieve
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 law.
- Reprieve (organisation), a group of organisations working against the death penalty
- Reprieve (album), a 2006 album by Ani DiFranco
- The Reprieve, a 1947 novel by Jean-Paul Sartre
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reprieve
Noun
1. a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
(synonym) respite
(hypernym) relief, ease
2. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
(synonym) suspension, respite, hiatus, abatement
(hypernym) interruption, break
(hyponym) defervescence
3. a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
(hypernym) warrant
(derivation) respite
(classification) law, jurisprudence
4. the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
(synonym) respite
(hypernym) clemency, mercifulness, mercy
(derivation) respite
(classification) law, jurisprudence
Verb
1. postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
(synonym) respite
(hypernym) postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
(derivation) respite
2. relieve temporarily
(hypernym) rescue, deliver
(derivation) respite
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reprieve
v.
odložit; omilostnit
n.
odložení; omilostnění
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reprieve
Czas.
odraczać/zawieszać wykonanie kary śmierci
Rzecz.
odroczenie/zawieszenie wykonania kary śmierci
