verb, noun
verb [VN] [usuallypassive] (not usually used in the progressive tenses)
1 to officially cancel or delay a punishment for a prisoner who is CONDEMNED to death:
a reprieved murderer
2 to officially cancel or delay plans to close sth or end sth:
70 jobs have been reprieved until next April.
noun [usuallysing.]
1 an official order stopping a punishment, especially for a prisoner who is CONDEMNED to death
2 a delay before sth bad happens:
Campaigners have won a reprieve for the hospital threatened with closure.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for reprieve is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does reprieve appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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