reprieve
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6.8
- noun
- /rɪˈpriːv/
:
respiro
- After a long week of work, the weekend offers a much-needed reprieve from stress.
- a temporary reprieve
- a brief reprieve
There's no reprieve during days like that.
- There's no reprieve during days like that.
- They save everything from guys like you to jailbirds to guys that want a spiritual reprieve.
- People can't keep operating without any profit for endless, endless months without any reprieve.
- And I, I started to recognize as I talked to them that this was such an important, you know, reprieve from the lives that they were forced to live.
- It's just that mental, physical break that allows us to have this reprieve where we're like, OK, I can go again if I have to.
Examples
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Some patients in Phase I studies may experience a temporary or extended reprieve from their symptoms.
Academic text (2001) -
Nobody wins finally; we are just seeking a reprieve, a moment out of the glare.
Fiction book (1998) -
And once you experience that reprieve, you know that it's possible.
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It's just that mental, physical break that allows us to have this reprieve where we're like, OK, I can go again if I have to.
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This got me a month's reprieve.
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And I'm thinking that these plants are going to be so much happier getting a little reprieve from the sun.
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However, following international expressions of concern, the facility has received a temporary reprieve.
Academic text (2010) -
In a rare chink of light, 10 day centres were given a temporary reprieve from closure.
Academic text (2011) -
Farming families are preparing for two weeks' seaside reprieve, that annual blessed reunion with the ocean.
Fiction book (1996) -
His ten-minute reprieve was long gone, but now it didn't matter.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
440
1.0
A feeling of comfort when pain or worry goes away
70
4.3
A temporary stop of an activity or service
34
6.3
A pause in an activity or series that is usually temporary
25
7.2
A short break from something difficult or unpleasant
15
6.0
A calm state of rest and freedom from worry
11
6.8
A reduction in something harmful or unwanted
4
2.0
A day to relax and not work
3
2.5
A short time to relax and get energy back
How Relieving
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word reprieve is like relief and comes from an old French word meaning 'delay' or 'relief'. So a reprieve is a short, welcome break from something hard or unpleasant.