reprieve
verb (used with object)
to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person).
reprieved
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past participleof reprieve.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof reprieve.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
reprieveverb (used with object)to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person).
Example Sentences
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The DOE review reprieved nearly 2,000 clean-technology projects, totaling close to $24 billion in funding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
With Mbeumo reprieved by VAR on Sunday, he took his second chance with a jumping run-up just before he hit the ball, waiting for goalkeeper Dean Henderson to dive the wrong way.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2025
Wicketkeeper Smith and first-slip Root reprieved Salman Agha on four and six respectively, with the right-hander going on to make a priceless 63.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2024
Joe Root is reprieved by Cameron Green's no-ball after gloving behind on 1 on day two of the second Ashes Test at Lord's.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2023
It did nothing to Snape, who for a split second seemed to think he had been reprieved: But then Voldemort’s intention became clear.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
