re·prieve /rɪˈpriv/
緩刑,緩刑令,暫緩(vt.)暫減,緩期執行
Re·prieve v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprieved 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.
Re·prieve 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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reprieve
n 1: a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort [syn: respite]
2: an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
[syn: suspension, respite, hiatus, abatement]
3: a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the
execution of the death sentence)
4: the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
[syn: respite]
v 1: postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an
execution [syn: respite]
2: relieve temporarily