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reprieve
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural reprieves
plural reprieves
Learner's definition of REPRIEVE
[count]
1
: an official order that delays the punishment of a prisoner who is sentenced to death（死刑的）缓刑
- He won/got a (temporary) reprieve from his death sentence.他获得死刑（暂时）缓期执行。
2
a : a delay that keeps something bad from happening暂时解救
- They wanted to close the library, but we managed to get/secure a reprieve for it.他们想关闭图书馆，但我们设法暂时保住了它。
b : a period of relief from pain, trouble, etc.（痛苦、烦恼等的）暂时缓解
- This warm spell has given us a reprieve from the winter cold.这些天暖和的天气使我们从冬日的寒冷中得以喘息。
2 reprieve /rɪˈpriːv/ verb
reprieves; reprieved; reprieving
2 reprieve
/rɪˈpriːv/
verb
reprieves; reprieved; reprieving
Learner's definition of REPRIEVE
[+ object]
1
: to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a prisoner who is sentenced to death)缓期执行（死刑犯等的）刑罚
- He was sentenced to death but then reprieved.他被判死刑，但随后得以缓期执行。
2
: to prevent (something) from being closed, destroyed, etc., for a period of time暂时解救
- The library has been reprieved and will remain open for at least another year.这座图书馆暂时保住了，至少还会再开一年。
reprieved; reprieving
1
a
: the act of reprieving : the state of being reprieved
b
: a formal temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence especially of death
Example Sentences
Verb And many murderers have been reprieved because they were condemned for the wrong murder, quite probably just as many as have been executed for the only murder they did not in fact commit. 
Christopher Hitchens, Nation, 14 May 2001 In a postscript to the very same letter, he added, 'If he must die, it were charity to reprieve him till Saturday.' If there had been any doubt of his fate, this weakness and meanness would have settled it. The very next day, which was the twelfth of May, he was brought out to be beheaded on Tower Hill. Charles Dickens, A Child's History of England, 1854 He was sentenced to death but then reprieved. The library has been reprieved and will remain open for at least another year. Noun In Baghdad, you learn to savor small pleasures. When the weather turned unexpectedly cool one recent evening … , people emptied out of their houses, braving the ever present threat of violence in order to enjoy a brief reprieve from the heat. Aparisim Ghosh, Time, 11 July 2005 Six days later Captain Dufranne announced that they would sail early on the morrow. Jane would have begged for a further reprieve, had it not been that she too had begun to believe that her forest lover would return no more. Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, 1914 It may be, on the other hand, that the destruction of the Martians is only a reprieve. To them, and not to us, perhaps, is the future ordained. H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, 1898 That he did not regard it as a desperate case, that he did not say a few hours must end it, was at first felt, beyond the hope of most; and the ecstasy of such a reprieve, the rejoicing, deep and silent, after a few fervent ejaculations of gratitude to Heaven had been offered, may be conceived. Jane Austen, Persuasion, 1817 Death, that inexorable judge, had passed sentence on him, and refused to grant him a reprieve, though two doctors who arrived, and were fee'd at one and the same instant, were his counsel. Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, 1749 They wanted to close the library, but we managed to get a reprieve for it. This warm spell has given us a reprieve from the winter cold. See More
Christopher Hitchens, Nation, 14 May 2001 In a postscript to the very same letter, he added, 'If he must die, it were charity to reprieve him till Saturday.' If there had been any doubt of his fate, this weakness and meanness would have settled it. The very next day, which was the twelfth of May, he was brought out to be beheaded on Tower Hill. Charles Dickens, A Child's History of England, 1854 He was sentenced to death but then reprieved. The library has been reprieved and will remain open for at least another year. Noun In Baghdad, you learn to savor small pleasures. When the weather turned unexpectedly cool one recent evening … , people emptied out of their houses, braving the ever present threat of violence in order to enjoy a brief reprieve from the heat. Aparisim Ghosh, Time, 11 July 2005 Six days later Captain Dufranne announced that they would sail early on the morrow. Jane would have begged for a further reprieve, had it not been that she too had begun to believe that her forest lover would return no more. Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, 1914 It may be, on the other hand, that the destruction of the Martians is only a reprieve. To them, and not to us, perhaps, is the future ordained. H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, 1898 That he did not regard it as a desperate case, that he did not say a few hours must end it, was at first felt, beyond the hope of most; and the ecstasy of such a reprieve, the rejoicing, deep and silent, after a few fervent ejaculations of gratitude to Heaven had been offered, may be conceived. Jane Austen, Persuasion, 1817 Death, that inexorable judge, had passed sentence on him, and refused to grant him a reprieve, though two doctors who arrived, and were fee'd at one and the same instant, were his counsel. Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, 1749 They wanted to close the library, but we managed to get a reprieve for it. This warm spell has given us a reprieve from the winter cold. See More Recent Examples on the Web Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2022 Owning their homes and reaping the benefit of low mortgage payments afforded people like Holt stability and reprieve. Eileen Markey, The New Republic, 10 Jan. 2022 After a rainy week, Bay Area residents can expect a brief — and chilly — reprieve over the weekend before rainfall sweeps through once again early next week. Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Dec. 2021 In the early days of Joe Biden's presidency, many world leaders feared that Biden would simply be a welcome, but temporary, reprieve from former President Donald Trump's nativist and isolationist politics. David A. Andelman, CNN, 20 Aug. 2021 Hogan clearly has not done enough to reprieve for his ugly racist remarks in 2015. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021 Last August, a parole board declared that Pham, 37, posed no threat to public safety and granted him reprieve. NBC News, 29 Mar. 2021 The Constitution gives the president the power to pardon and reprieve except in cases of impeachment, and some legal scholars say that wording proscribes Congress placing other limits. Erik Wasson, Houston Chronicle, 11 July 2020 Prior to the recent closure, Yosemite’s longest shutdown — and reprieve for critters — was in 1997 when the park was off limits to the public for two months after winter flooding. Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com, 11 June 2020 Jill Lawless, ajc, 17 Sep. 2022 More than 60 years later, these words come back to me as Yeshiva University was granted an 11th-hour reprieve Friday by the Supreme Count. William Mcgurn, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022 Due to the rain, Orlando should see a reprieve from the heat Thursday with the high falling to the average temperature, and Friday may even be below average. Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022 Not all of Oregon’s fires have seen a reprieve from cooler winds. oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2022 For a few days, the team will have some reprieve from the ongoing water crisis affecting their hometown in Mississippi. Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2022 But the promise of lasting closeness appears to shift the paradigm of her world until an ambiguous character from earlier resurfaces, bringing danger and threatening to end her reprieve. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2022 The film, which is set in the 1980s, provided Chalamet a reprieve from all those likes, follows, and blue check marks hidden away in his phone. Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2022 Recent polling suggests that South Koreans support granting a reprieve for BTS. Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2022 See More
Verb
The Arizona Board of Executive Clemency voted unanimously on Tuesday to deny Frank Atwood's request for commutation of sentence, reprieve or pardon. Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2022 Owning their homes and reaping the benefit of low mortgage payments afforded people like Holt stability and reprieve. Eileen Markey, The New Republic, 10 Jan. 2022 After a rainy week, Bay Area residents can expect a brief — and chilly — reprieve over the weekend before rainfall sweeps through once again early next week. Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Dec. 2021 In the early days of Joe Biden's presidency, many world leaders feared that Biden would simply be a welcome, but temporary, reprieve from former President Donald Trump's nativist and isolationist politics. David A. Andelman, CNN, 20 Aug. 2021 Hogan clearly has not done enough to reprieve for his ugly racist remarks in 2015. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021 Last August, a parole board declared that Pham, 37, posed no threat to public safety and granted him reprieve. NBC News, 29 Mar. 2021 The Constitution gives the president the power to pardon and reprieve except in cases of impeachment, and some legal scholars say that wording proscribes Congress placing other limits. Erik Wasson, Houston Chronicle, 11 July 2020 Prior to the recent closure, Yosemite’s longest shutdown — and reprieve for critters — was in 1997 when the park was off limits to the public for two months after winter flooding. Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com, 11 June 2020 Noun
The epochal event has been both a challenge and a reprieve for the U.K.’s untested new leader. Jill Lawless, ajc, 17 Sep. 2022 More than 60 years later, these words come back to me as Yeshiva University was granted an 11th-hour reprieve Friday by the Supreme Count. William Mcgurn, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022 Due to the rain, Orlando should see a reprieve from the heat Thursday with the high falling to the average temperature, and Friday may even be below average. Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022 Not all of Oregon’s fires have seen a reprieve from cooler winds. oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2022 For a few days, the team will have some reprieve from the ongoing water crisis affecting their hometown in Mississippi. Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2022 But the promise of lasting closeness appears to shift the paradigm of her world until an ambiguous character from earlier resurfaces, bringing danger and threatening to end her reprieve. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2022 The film, which is set in the 1980s, provided Chalamet a reprieve from all those likes, follows, and blue check marks hidden away in his phone. Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2022 Recent polling suggests that South Koreans support granting a reprieve for BTS. Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb and Noun
probably blend of obsolete repreve to reprove (from Middle English) and obsolete repry to remand, postpone, from Anglo-French repri-, past stem of reprendre to take back
First Known Use
Verb
1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun
1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of reprieve was in 1552 noun
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