reprieve
Origin of reprieve
Synonyms for reprieve
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remission, pardon, deferment, postponement, abatement, respite, clemency, suspension, amnesty, truce, absolution, mitigation, alleviation, spring, stay, commute, acquittal, abeyance, release, clearanceExamples from the Web for reprieve
Contemporary Examples of reprieve
When POTUS asked Malia if she wanted to pet the turkey before he granted its reprieve, she responded appropriately: “Nah.”
The procedure was captured on-camera and released by the human rights organization, Reprieve.
From Public Enemy to Power Broker: Hip-Hop’s the New Global Pop CultureLauren DeLisa Coleman
September 27, 2014
But six months into his probation, Bartiromo asked the judge presiding over his case for a reprieve.
There were moments of reprieve, then the boiling water again.
After a reprieve over the spring and summer, debt-ceiling brinksmanship is about to resume.
Historical Examples of reprieve
He had got a reprieve, or a respite, and he felt like a boy--another kind of boy from what he had ever been.
Questionable ShapesWilliam Dean Howells
It might have been the gasp of the condemned man at the sound of the word “reprieve.”
The Twins of Suffering CreekRidgwell Cullum
But even if she did go it was a reprieve; it gave him one last opportunity.
Once to Every ManLarry Evans
The crying need of an imperiled republic could not reprieve him.
"Well, it is at least a reprieve," said she, with a dreary sigh; and they retired.
Luttrell Of ArranCharles James Lever