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Definition of Reprieve
Reprieve Reprieve Re*prieve" (r?-pr?v"), 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.
--Clarendon.
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.