Reprieve - English meaning

Reprieve – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death).
Usage examples:
Under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved
Synonims:
Grant a stay of execution toPardonSpareAcquitGrant an amnesty toAmnestyLet offLet off the hookRespite

noun
A cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
Usage examples:
He accepted the death sentence and refused to appeal for a reprieve
Synonims:
Stay of executionCancellation of punishmentPostponement of punishmentRemissionSuspension of punishmentRespitePardonAmnestyAcquittalContinuanceLet-off

noun
An official order to delay or stop a prisoner’s punishment, esp. the punishment of death
Usage examples:
The warden notified shaw of his reprieve., the play, about to close, was granted a four-week reprie…

Reprieve translation into English

Reprieve: translate from English into Chinese

缓刑, 缓刑令, 缓行漫步, 缓期处死, 暂时得救

Reprieve: translate from English into Dutch

Uitstel, Gratie, Opschorting, Uitstellen, Uitstel verlenen, Gratie verlenen aan

Reprieve: translate from English into French

Sursis, Répit, Grâce, Délai, Accorder un sursis, Accorder un répit, Accorder du dépit à

Reprieve: translate from English into German

Begnadigung, Begnadigen, Galgenfrist, Strafaufschub

Reprieve: translate from English into Hindi

दण्डविराम, दण्डविराम करना, अवकाश देना, फांसी स्थगित करना, दंड निलंबित करना, दंड-स्थगन, दंड-निलंबन

Reprieve: translate from English into Italian

Tregua, Grazia, Sospensione di condanna, Rinviare esecuzione, Concedere una proroga, Dare la tregua, Sospendere l'esecuzione

Reprieve: translate from English into Korean

집행 유예, 일시적인 모면, 형의 집행 유예, 형의 집행을 유예하다, 사형수의 형의 집행을 유예하다, 일시 구제하다, 위험에서 일시 구제하다, 곤란에서 일시 구제하다

Reprieve: translate from English into Russian

Отсрочка, Передышка, Временное облегчение, Отсрочить исполнение, Давать человеку передышку, Доставлять временное облегчение

Reprieve: translate from English into Spanish

Indulto, Indultar, Respiro, Suspensión, Alivio, Suspender la pena de, Aliviar temporalmente, Temporal

Word origin

late 15th century (as the past participle repryed ): from Anglo-Norman French repris, past participle of reprendre, from Latin re- ‘back’ + prehendere ‘seize’. The insertion of -v- (16th cent

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Reprieve – similar words

repriever

noun
A person who reprieves someone or something.

Repriever - all meanings in English

reprieved

verb
Cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death).
Usage examples:
Under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved

noun
A cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
Usage examples:
He accepted the death sentence and refused to appeal for a reprieve

verb
Past simple and past participle of reprieve
Usage examples:
The threatened hospitals could now be reprieved.

Reprieved - all meanings in English

reprieval

noun
A reprieve, a respite.

Reprieval - all meanings in English

Reprieve synonims

acquit

əˈkwɪt

verb
Free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty.
Usage examples:
She was acquitted on all counts

verb
To decide officially in a court of law that someone is not guilty of a particular crime
Usage examples:
She was acquitted., the jury acquitted him., she acquitted herself well, finishing second.

verb
To decide officially in a law court that someone is not guilty of a particular crime
Usage examples:
Acquit someone of something she was acquitted of all the charges against her., acquit someone on so…

Acquit - all meanings in English

acquittal

əˈkwɪt.əl

noun
A judgement or verdict that a person is not guilty of the crime with which they have been charged.
Usage examples:
The trial resulted in an acquittal

noun
The decision of a court that someone is not guilty
Usage examples:
The first trial ended in a hung jury, the second in acquittal., of the three cases that went to tri…

Acquittal - all meanings in English

amnesty

ˈæm.nə.sti

noun
An official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offences.
Usage examples:
An amnesty for political prisoners

verb
Grant an official pardon to.
Usage examples:
The guerrillas would be amnestied and allowed to return to civilian life

noun
A decision by a government that allows political prisoners to go free
Usage examples:
Most political prisoners were freed under the terms of the amnesty.

Amnesty - all meanings in English

continuance

kənˌtɪn.juˈeɪ.ʃən

noun
The state of remaining in existence or operation.
Usage examples:
His interests encouraged him to favour the continuance of war

noun
The fact of continuing or a thing that continues or follows from something else
Usage examples:
The continuation of the strike caused a lot of hardship., it's just a continuation of the bigger ri…

Continuance - all meanings in English

let off

idiom
Grant exemption or release to

phrasal verb
Punish someone lightly or not at all for a misdemeanour or offence.
Usage examples:
He was let off with a caution

phrasal verb
Cause a gun, firework, or bomb to fire or explode.
Usage examples:
Thousands of fireworks were let off in the castle grounds at the stroke of midnight to mark the sta…

Let off - all meanings in English

let off the hook

idiom
To allow someone to escape from a difficult situation
Usage examples:
John's agreed to go to the meeting in my place so that lets me off the hook., he denied leaking the…

Let off the hook - all meanings in English

pardon

noun
The action of forgiving or being forgiven for an error or offence.
Usage examples:
He obtained pardon for his sins

verb
Forgive or excuse (a person, error, or offence).
Usage examples:
I know catherine will pardon me

exclamation
A request to a speaker to repeat something because one did not hear or understand it.
Usage examples:
‘pardon?’ i said, cupping a hand to my ear

Pardon - all meanings in English

remission

noun
The cancellation of a debt, charge, or penalty.
Usage examples:
The scheme allows for the partial remission of tuition fees

noun
A period of time when an illness is less severe
Usage examples:
[ u ] her leukemia is in remission.

noun
The process of reducing the amount of money that is owed for something or stating that it no longer needs to be paid
Usage examples:
Campaigners claim that people receiving benefits should be entitled to automatic remission of fees.…

Remission - all meanings in English

respite

noun
A short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant.
Usage examples:
The refugee encampments will provide some respite from the suffering

verb
Postpone (a sentence, obligation, etc.).
Usage examples:
The execution was only respited a few months

noun
A pause or rest from something difficult or unpleasant
Usage examples:
[ c usually sing ] the center provides a respite for teens in trouble.

Respite - all meanings in English

spare

adjective
Additional to what is required for ordinary use.
Usage examples:
Few people had spare cash for inessentials

noun
An item kept in case another item of the same type is lost, broken, or worn out.
Usage examples:
The wheel's broken and it would be suicide to go on without a spare

verb
Give (something of which one has enough) to (someone).
Usage examples:
She asked if i could spare her a bob or two

Spare - all meanings in English

stay of execution

noun
An order by a court to temporarily stop an action or an earlier court decision being carried out
Usage examples:
Rather than allow a bank to foreclose on a mortgage, a court will sometimes give you a stay of exec…

Stay of execution - all meanings in English

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