Word: reprieve 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 century) remains unexplained. Sense development has undergone a reversal, from the early meaning ‘send back to prison’, via ‘postpone a legal process’, to the current sense ‘rescue from impending punishment’. Phonetic: rɪˈpriːv Listen:
cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death). Example: under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved
a cancellation or postponement of a punishment. Example: he accepted the death sentence and refused to appeal for a reprieve
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