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      • an official order to delay or stop a prisoner’s punishment, esp. the punishment of death: The warden notified Shaw of his reprieve. A reprieve is also any delay that is welcomed: The play, about to close, was granted a four-week reprieve.
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  2. to provide something or someone with an escape from a bad situation or experience, especially to delay or stop plans to close or end something: The threatened hospitals could now be reprieved.

  3. The meaning of REPRIEVE is to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner). How to use reprieve in a sentence.

  4. A reprieve is a delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place.

  5. Definitions of 'reprieve'. 1. If someone who has been sentenced in a court is reprieved, their punishment is officially delayed or canceled. [...] 2. A reprieve is a delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place. [...] More.

  6. to provide something or someone with an escape from a bad situation or experience, especially to delay or stop plans to close or end something: The threatened hospitals could now be reprieved.

  7. reprieve something to officially cancel or delay plans to close something or end something. 70 jobs have been reprieved until next April. Definition of reprieve verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. reprieve meaning, definition, what is reprieve: a delay before something bad happens or ...: Learn more.

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