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Definition of "reprieve" []
- To postpone or cancel the punishment of. (verb-transitive)
- To bring relief to. (verb-transitive)
- Postponement or cancellation of a punishment. (noun)
- A warrant for such an action. (noun)
- Temporary relief, as from danger or pain. (noun)
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Use "reprieve" in a sentence
- "Political correctness, diversity policies, and multiculturalism are forms of deference that give whites and institutions a way to prove the negative and win reprieve from the racist stigma. martindavis"
- "Men are apt to think that a reprieve is the forerunner of a pardon, and that if judgment be not speedily executed it is, or will be, certainly reversed."
- "Will the American people look at it as a day of reprieve from a mailbox full of bills and junk mail?"