noun interval of ease or relief; respite.
2. reprieve ·vt to relieve for a time, or temporarily.
3. reprieve ·noun a temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death.
4. reprieve ·vt 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.