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- Dictionaryreprieve/rɪˈpriːv/
verb
- 1. cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death): "under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a cancellation or postponement of a punishment: "he accepted the death sentence and refused to appeal for a reprieve"
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The meaning of REPRIEVE is to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner). How to use reprieve in a sentence.
to provide something or someone with an escape from a bad situation or experience, especially to delay or stop plans to close or end something: The threatened hospitals could now be reprieved.
A reprieve is a break in or cancellation of a painful or otherwise lousy situation. If you're being tortured, a reprieve is a break from whatever's tormenting you.
1. a. The prevention or suspension of a scheduled or expected punishment. b. A court order or other official notification preventing or suspending a scheduled or expected punishment. 2. Temporary relief, as from danger or pain.
verb (transitive) 1. to postpone or remit the punishment of (a person, esp one condemned to death) 2. to give temporary relief to (a person or thing), esp from otherwise irrevocable harm.
to provide something or someone with an escape from a bad situation or experience, especially to delay or stop plans to close or end something: The threatened hospitals could now be reprieved.
Jun 2, 2024 · reprieve (third-person singular simple present reprieves, present participle reprieving, simple past and past participle reprieved) To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution. To bring relief to someone.
Definitions of 'reprieve'. 1. If someone who has been sentenced in a court is reprieved, their punishment is officially delayed or canceled. [...] 2. A reprieve is a delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place. [...] More.
reprieve something to officially cancel or delay plans to close something or end something. 70 jobs have been reprieved until next April.
Similar definitions. A temporary suspension of a criminal sentence (usually the death penalty) for a certain period of time, usually for the purpose of examining new information or permitting an appeal to take place. A reprieve cannot prevent the ultimate carrying out of the judgment.
