Reprieve

Definition of Reprieve

Re`prieve´ Pronunciation: r?-pr?v´

v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Reprieved (-pr?vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reprieving.]
	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.
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.
	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.

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