[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

reprieve \reprieve"\ r?-pr?v", n.
   1. a temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence,
      especially of a sentence of death.
      1913 webster

            the morning sir john hotham was to die, a reprieve
            was sent to suspend the execution for three days.
      --clarendon.
      1913 webster

   2. interval of ease or relief; respite.
      1913 webster

            all that i ask is but a short reprieve,
            ll i forget to love, and learn to grieve. --denham.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

reprieve \reprieve\ r?-pr?v", v. t. imp.  p. p. reprieved
   -pr?vd"; p. pr.  vb. n. reprieving. oe. repreven to
   reject, disallow, of. reprover to blame, reproach, condemn
   pres. il reprueve, f. r'eprouver to disapprove, fr. l.
   reprobare to reject, condemn; pref. re- re- + probare to try,
   prove. see prove, and cf. reprove, reprobate.
   1913 webster
   1. to delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of
      sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to
      reprieve a criminal for thirty days.
      1913 webster

            he reprieves the sinnner from time to time.
                                                  --rogers.
      1913 webster

   2. to relieve for a time, or temporarily.
      1913 webster

            company, thought it may reprieve a man from his
            melaneholy yet can not secure him from his
            conscience.                           --south.
      1913 webster
see also:
reprieved reprieving prove reprove reprobate 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

reprieve
     n 1: a temporary relief from harm or discomfort syn: respite
     2: an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
        syn: suspension, respite, hiatus, abatement
     3: a warrant granting postponement usually to postpone the
        execution of the death sentence
     4: the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
        syn: respite
     v 1: postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an
          execution syn: respite
     2: relieve temporarily
see also:
respite suspension hiatus abatement 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

118 moby thesaurus words for "reprieve":
   absolution, afterthought, amnesty, benevolence, bind, block,
   blockage, bureaucratic delay, catharsis, cleanse, cleanse away,
   cleansing, clemency, commiseration, compassion, condolence, delay,
   delayage, delayed reaction, deliver, deliverance, detention,
   discharge, double take, dragging, emotional release, exculpation,
   excuse, exemption, exoneration, favor, feeling, forbear,
   forbearance, forgive, forgiveness, free, free from, freeing,
   give quarter, give release, give respite, grace, grant a reprieve,
   halt, hang-up, have mercy upon, have pity, hindrance, holdup,
   humanity, immunity, indemnity, interim, intermission, intermit,
   jam, kindness, lag, lagging, leniency, let off, let up on, logjam,
   melt, mercy, mitigation, moratorium, obstruction, paperasserie,
   pardon, pathos, pause, pity, postponement, purgation, purge,
   purge away, purging, quarter, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery,
   redemption, relax, release, relent, relief, remission,
   remission of sin, removal, remove, rescue, respite, retardance,
   retardation, ruth, save, self-pity, shrift, slow-up, slowdown,
   slowness, spare, sparing, stay, stay of execution, stop, stoppage,
   surcease, suspend, suspension, sympathy, take pity on, thaw,
   tie-up, time lag, wait

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

reprieve, crim. law practice. this term is derived from reprendre, to take 
back, and signifies the withdrawing of a sentence for an interval of time, 
and operates in delay of execution. 4 bl. com. 394. it is granted by the 
favor of the pardoning power, or by the court who tried the prisoner. 
     3. reprieves are sometimes granted ex necessitate legis; for example, 
when a woman is convicted of a capital offence, after judgment she may 
allege pregnancy in delay of execution. in order, however, to render this 
plea available she must be quick with child, q.v. the law presuming, 
perhaps absurdly enough, that before that period, life does not commence in 
the foetus. 3 inst. 17; 2 hale, 413; 1 hale, 368; 4 bl. com. 395. 
     4. the judge is also bound to grant a reprieve when the prisoner 
becomes insane. 4 harg. st. tr. 205, 6; 3 inst. 4; hawk b. 1, c. 1, s. 4; 1 
chit. cr. law, 757. 

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