reprieve : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reprieve	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for reprieve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reprieve n a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort [syn: reprieve, respite] an interruption in the intensity or amount of something Synonym(s): suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence) the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment Synonym(s): reprieve, respite v postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution Synonym(s): reprieve, respite relieve temporarily
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reprieve \Reprieve\ (r?-pr?v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reprieved} (-pr?vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reprieving}.] [OE. repreven to reject, disallow, OF. reprover to blame, reproach, condemn (pres. il reprueve), F. r[82]prouver to disapprove, fr. L. reprobare to reject, condemn; pref. re- re- + probare to try, prove. See {Prove}, and cf. {Reprove}, {Reprobate}.] 1. 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. He reprieves the sinnner from time to time. --Rogers. 2. To relieve for a time, or temporarily. Company, thought it may reprieve a man from his melaneholy yet can not secure him from his conscience. --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reprieve \Reprieve"\ (r?-pr?v"), n. 1. A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death. The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve* was sent to suspend the execution for three days. --Clarendon. 2. Interval of ease or relief; respite. All that I ask is but a short reprieve, ll I forget to love, and learn to grieve. --Denham.