Definitions of reprieve [ɪˈpriv]

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Definition of 'reprieve'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) reprieve
to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person).

2.  reprieve
to relieve temporarily from any evil.

3. (n.) reprieve
a respite from impending punishment, esp. from execution.

4.  reprieve
a warrant authorizing this.

5.  reprieve
any respite or temporary relief.

Etymology: (1300–50; perh. conflation of ME repreven to reprove , appar. in literal sense “to test again,” and ME repried (ptp.) < OF reprit (see reprise ))

Definition of 'reprieve'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) reprieve, respite
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort

2. (noun) suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

3. (noun) reprieve
a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)

4. (verb) reprieve, respite
the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment

5. (verb) reprieve, respite
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

6. (verb) reprieve
relieve temporarily

Definition of 'reprieve'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) reprieve
a temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death

2. (noun) reprieve
interval of ease or relief; respite

3. (verb) reprieve
to delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days

4. (verb) reprieve
to relieve for a time, or temporarily

Translation of 'reprieve'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to pardon (a criminal) or delay his punishment The murderer was sentenced to death, but later was reprieved.
Afrikaans: begenadig	Arabic: يُرْجِئ تَنْفبذ الحُكْم ب	Bulgarian: отменям/отлагам изпълнени
Brazilian: perdoar	Czech: omilostnit; odložit popra	German: begnadigen
Danish: benåde	Greek: απονέμω χάρη σε	Spanish: indultar, suspender la pe
Estonian: tühistama, edasi lükkama	Farsi: مجازات کسی را به تعویق ان	Finnish: peruuttaa tuomio
French: accorder un sursis ou une	Hebrew: לָחוּן	Hindi: सजा में छूट देना
Croatian: odgoda roka	Hungarian: (vkinek) a halálbüntetésé	Indonesian: mengampuni
Icelandic: fresta refsingu	Italian: (rinviare o sospendere l'	Japanese: 執行を延期する
Korean: 형집행을 연기하다	Lithuanian: dovanoti bausmę, atidėti	Latvian: atlikt (nāves) sprieduma
Malay: memaafkan, melambatkan hu	Dutch: gratie verlenen	Norwegian: benåde, utsette
Polish: zawiesić/odroczyć wyrok	Persian: مجازات کسی را به تعویق ان	Pashto: ټالول، ځنډول (لكه دسزا
Portuguese: perdoar	Romanian: a suspenda/a comuta o pe	Russian: помиловать, отсрочить нак
Slovak: omilostiť, odložiť poprav	Slovenian: pomilostiti; odložiti (iz	Serbian: odložiti pogubljenje
Swedish: ge anstånd ( en frist), b	Thai: พักหรือเลื่อนการประหาร	Turkish: affetmek, ertelemek
Taiwanese: 免刑，緩刑	Ukrainian: відстрочувати виконання с	Urdu: سزا معاف کرنا یا مہلت دین
Vietnamese: hoãn thi hành án; ân xá	Chinese: （死刑）缓期执行
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