Definition of Reprieve. Meaning of Reprieve. Synonyms of Reprieve

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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.

Meaning of Reprieve from wikipedia

- Look up reprieve in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Reprieve may refer to: In criminal proceedings, the act of postponing the enforcement of a sentence...
- Reprieve is a nonprofit organization of international lawyers and investigators whose stated goal is to "fight for the victims of extreme human rights...
- Death with reprieve (Chinese: 死刑缓期执行; pinyin: sǐxíng huǎnqī zhíxíng, abbr: 死缓; 死緩; Sǐhuǎn) is a criminal punishment found in chapter 5 (death penalty)...
- The Reprieve (French: Le sursis) is a 1945 novel by French author Jean-Paul Sartre. It was translated by Eric sutton and was published by Hamish Hamilton...
- Reprieve is the 15th studio album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, released on August 8, 2006. Righteous Babe Records' website notes that only DiFranco's...
- Moments of Reprieve is a book of autobiographical character studies/vignettes by Primo Levi. The book features fifteen character studies of people the...
- which permitted a woman in the later stages of pregnancy to receive a reprieve of her death sentence until after she bore her child. The plea was available...
- The Reprieve is a 1913 Australian melodrama film directed by W. J. Lincoln about a man on trial for killing his unfaithful wife. It is considered a lost...
- Helmut Herbert Christian Heinrich Knochen (March 14, 1910 – April 4, 2003) was the senior commander of the Sicherheitspolizei (Security Police) and Sicherheitsdienst...
- Col Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller cuts the Marine Corps birthday cake in 1950, during a brief reprieve in battle during the Korean War....