transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪpri:v ]
( reprieves, reprieving, reprieved)
1.
If someone who has been sentenced in a court is reprieved , their punishment is officially delayed or cancelled.
Fourteen people, waiting to be hanged for the murder of a former prime minister, have been reprieved.
VERB : usu passive , no cont , be V-ed
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Reprieve is also a noun
A man awaiting death by lethal injection has been saved by a last minute reprieve.
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2.
A reprieve is a delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place.
It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given a reprieve.
N-COUNT : usu sing