to reprieve
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8.1
- verb
- /rɪˈpriːv/
- Formal
:
aplazar la ejecución
- The governor decided to reprieve the prisoner’s execution pending further investigation.
Examples
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Earl Williams, thank God, has been reprieved.
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After the public outcry, the judge chose to reprieve the sentencing of the young offender.
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But you can reprieve him twice, so that the hanging comes just before the election.
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Shall his crimes be reprieved?
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Nobody reprieved that policeman he shot.
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If Williams has been reprieved, I personally am tickled to death.
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But he was reprieved at the last moment... and raised to the exalted rank of Lord High Executioner... under the following remarkable circumstances:
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Well, he's been reprieved.
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You're reprieved.
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The court granted a brief reprieve from the death penalty to review new evidence.
Synonyms
To delay a punishment for someone by an official decision
Antonyms
How Protected
- Formal
173
4.9
- Formal
252
4.2
- Informal
11
5.6
- Formal
1
8.1
- Formal
24
6.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word reprieve is like the word relieve and comes from an old French law word meaning 'delay' or 'relief' from punishment. So to reprieve someone is to officially pause or delay their punishment.