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
The drama continued to the finish, with Bumrah having Lyon caught at slip on 33 in the final over only for Australia's number 10 to be reprieved by a no-ball.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2024
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
Maxwell was dropped twice, on 24 and 33, and also started to leave the field on 27 before, much to his surprise, he was reprieved after opting to review when given out lbw.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2023
It seemed good to be reprieved, to walk in a land that had only been for a few years under the dominion of the Dark Lord and was not yet fallen wholly into decay.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
