reprieve
verb (used with object)
to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person).
have reprieved
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present perfectof reprieve.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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That decision would also have reprieved the school's current management, Park View Education Trust.
From The Guardian ● May 30, 2014
I have reprieved you, and I will satisfy you that when this large animal says a thing he means it.
From Leaves in the Wind by A. G. (Alfred George) Gardiner
Pending further inquiries into this," said the Home Secretary, not without appreciation of the grim humour of the situation as he glanced at Grodman's ashen cheeks, "I have reprieved the prisoner.
From The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes by Israel Zangwill
Pending further inquiries into this," said the Home Secretary, not without appreciation of the grim humor of the situation as he glanced at Grodman's ashen cheeks, "I have reprieved the prisoner.
From The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill
